Game #3445
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 31 August 1977
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 13,768
Exeter City
St James' Park
Exeter City
1-3
Aston Villa (Holders)
Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 22' | Brian Little | 57' | Dennis Mortimer | 89' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Andy Gray's hat-trick secures Villa a fairly straightforward win over division three side Exeter in the League Cup second round.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 31 August 1977
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 2-1, (Exeter City, pen), Lammie Robertson
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa take respite from their league toils to beat third division Exeter courtesy of an Andy Gray hat-trick.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Exeter City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Exeter City
Previous 5 vs. Exeter: 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 163 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 | 41 🟥 44 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Exeter City
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.79 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.58 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 20.08 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bobby Saxton | 🏴 |
Exeter City
GK John Baugh | 🏴 |
RB John Templeman | 🏴 |
D John Hore | 🏴 |
CB Bobby Saxton | 🏴 |
LB Peter Hatch | 🏴 |
M Graham Weeks | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Bobby Hodge | 🏴 |
W Nicky Jennings | 🏴 |
F Tony Kellow | 🏴 |
F Keith Bowker | 🏴 |
F Alan Beer | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Graham Weeks | 🏴 | (M Lammie Robertson | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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