Game #3442
Aston Villa
1-0-0, 2 PTS
Saturday, 20 August 1977
Won
8th
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 25,431
Queens Park Rangers
Loftus Road
0-0-1, 0 PTS
Queens Park Rangers
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 55' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa open the season with victory at Loftus Road as John Gregory impressed on debut.
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 August 1977
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Jimmy Rimmer, Ken McNaught, John Gregory
🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | HT Booking, Jimmy Rimmer, Making stud marks in goalmouth
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-0, Frank Carrodus, Assist by Alex Cropley
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 2-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Peter Eastoe
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa open the season with a win at Loftus Road as Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer, 29, Centre back Ken McNaught, 22, and Midfielder John Gregory, 23, made their Villa debuts. Rimmer had joined from Arsenal earlier this month for a fee of £70,000, McNaught had arrived from Everton in July for £200,000 and Gregory from Northampton Town in June for £60,000.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Queens Park Rangers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
FIXTURE HISTORY
Queens Park Rangers
Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #160 |
Saturday, 20 August 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 160 | 🟩 | 77 🟨 | 41 🟥 42 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alf Grey | 🏴 | Great Yarmouth, 1972-1983
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
Alf Grey
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Queens Park Rangers
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders hands debuts to Jimmy Rimmer, Ken McNaught and John Gregory.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.49 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.55 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 18.83 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🟢 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |
Queens Park Rangers
GK Phil Parkes | 🏴 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴 |
CB David Needham | 🏴 |
CB David Webb | 🏴 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴 |
M John Hollins | 🏴 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴 |
M Don Masson | 🏴 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Brian Williams | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
🟢 CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
🟢 M John Gregory | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"When you consider that his [John Gregory’s] last competitive game was for Northampton you must agree he did tremendously well on his First Division debut.”
Ron Saunders.
"I enjoyed it very much.
”But when I signed for Villa in the summer I never expected to be in the first team straight away and I don't suppose I would have been but for John Gidman's injury."
John Gregory.
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