Game #3451
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 September 1977
1st Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴 | 🔥 | for F John Deehan | 🏴 | 50' |
🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 65' |
Unused Substitutes
GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
Team News
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.63 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.65 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 18.93 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa beat Fenerbahçe 🇹🇷 in the mud of Istanbul to secure a 6-0 aggregate win in the UEFA Cup but goalscorer John Deehan 🏴 becomes the latest injury casualty after suffering concussion.
Unusually, and for the first time in many decades, no matchday programme was created for this game.
Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴 17 and forward Adrian O'Dowd made their first appearances in a Villa squad.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 110th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 196th appearance (189 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W93 🟨 D51 🟥 L52, ⚽ 65 Goals and 🔥 45 Assists at a rate of one every 1.78 games.
Starting XI
Won
2-0
🟩 28 Sep 1977, Villa 2-0 Fenerbahçe, Şükrü Saracoğlu
Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 6' | Brian Little | 52' |
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 6' | John Gregory | 52' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Fenerbahçe S.K. 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 50’ Sub off, John Deehan (Concussion), Sub on, John Gregory
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Gregory
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Ivor Linton
🕒 | FT Fenerbahçe S.K. 0-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1977-78 |
Referee | Anatoliy Ivanov, Soviet Union |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #169 |
Wednesday, 28 September 1977
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Anatoliy Ivanov | 🇷🇺 | Leningrad, 1977
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0 (6-0)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Anatoliy Ivanov | 🇷🇺 | Leningrad, 1977
Previous 5 vs. Fenerbahçe: 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 W2 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 0 | GD 6
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 169 | 🟩 | 82 🟨 | 42 🟥 45 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
UEFA Cup
Fenerbahçe
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
GK Fuat Güngör | 🇹🇷 |
LB Yenal Kaçıra | 🇹🇷 |
LB Cem Pamiroğlu | 🇹🇷 |
LB Coşkun Demirbakan | 🇹🇷 |
CB Serkan Acar | 🇹🇷 |
CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
D Zafer Göncüler | 🇹🇷 |
M Önder Mustafaoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
W Tuna Güneysu | 🇹🇷 |
W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Bahri Kaya | 🇹🇷 |
Tomislav Kaloperović | 🇷🇸 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | (M Kamuran Tarhan | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 | (D Naci Sarıtaş | 🇹🇷 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Radmilo Ivančević | 🇷🇸 |
RB Erhan Altın | 🇹🇷 |
M Bülent Topuzoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
Süper Lig Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
Turkish Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1977-78
Playing Squad
GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 | #567 |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | #591 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴 | #577 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | #594 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | #599 |
CB Charlie Young | 🇨🇾 | #585 |
CB David Evans | 🏴 | #593 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | #590 |
CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | #572 |
LB Gary Williams | 🏴 | #598 |
RB Gordon Smith | 🏴 | #583 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | #560 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 | #562 |
LB Mick Buttress | 🏴 | #586 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | #584 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | #580 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | #595 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | #582 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | #588 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 | #589 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 | #592 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | #569 |
F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴 | Unused Sub |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | #578 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | #555 |
CF John Deehan | 🏴 | #579 |
