Game #3448
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 14 September 1977
Won
1st Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
UEFA Cup
Attendance: 30,351
Fenerbahçe
Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Fenerbahçe S.K.
Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 12' | Dennis Mortimer | 34' | Brian Little | 66' | Andy Gray | 80' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa destroy Fenerbahçe in the first round of the UEFA Cup, scoring four and hitting the woodwork on three occasions and leaving the opposition to resort to rugby tackles to stymie Villa's attacking prowess.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 14 September 1977
⚽ | 12’ Goal, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
⚽ | 34’ Goal, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Fenerbahçe S.K.
⚽ | 66’ Goal, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 80’ Goal, Brian Little, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe S.K.
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa put Fenerbahçe to the sword in the UEFA Cup 1st Round to make it four unbeaten in all competitions.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Fenerbahçe
Süper Lig Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Turkish Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
FIXTURE HISTORY
Fenerbahçe
Previous 5 vs. Fenerbahçe: None
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #166 |
Wednesday, 14 September 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Charles Corver | 🇳🇱 | Leiden, 1972-1983
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 166 | 🟩 | 80 🟨 | 42 🟥 44 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Charles Corver | 🇳🇱 | Leiden, 1972-1983
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Fenerbahçe
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.22 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.61 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 20.12 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Tomislav Kaloperović | 🇷🇸 |
Fenerbahçe
GK Radmilo Ivančević | 🇷🇸 |
LB Cem Pamiroğlu | 🇹🇷 |
LB Yenal Kaçıra | 🇹🇷 |
LB Coşkun Demirbakan | 🇹🇷 |
CB Radomir Antić | 🇷🇸 |
CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Alpaslan Eratlı | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Önder Mustafaoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
W Tuna Güneysu | 🇹🇷 |
W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 |
CF Cemil Turan | 🇹🇷 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | (D Zafer Göncüler | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | CB Alpaslan Eratlı | 🇹🇷 | (CF Aydın Çelik | 🇹🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Fuat Güngör | 🇹🇷 |
CB Oğuz Konukaydın | 🇹🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🇹🇷 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇹🇷 : 13/15
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
None
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
“I thought we were a bit special tonight.
“We played more like we did last season and at times paralysed the opposition."
Ron Saunders.
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