Game #3451
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 28 September 1977
Won
1st Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
UEFA Cup 1st Round
Attendance: 18,000
Fenerbahçe
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Fenerbahçe S.K.
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 6' | John Gregory | 52' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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.
KEY MAN
John Deehan, makes it four in four as Fenerbahçe are dispatched but has to leave the field with concussion early in the second half, Wednesday, 28 September 1977.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 28 September 1977
⚽ | 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
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa complete the job putting two past Fenerbahçe without replay to make it 6 nil in aggregate in the UEFA Cup 1st Round. Meanwhile, centre back Brendan Ormsby, 17, and forward Adrian O'Dowd, made their first appearances in the Villa squad.
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: 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Referee | Anatoliy Ivanov, Soviet Union |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #169 |
Wednesday, 28 September 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Anatoliy Ivanov | 🇷🇺 | Leningrad, 1954-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 169 | 🟩 | 82 🟨 | 42 🟥 45 | 1.70
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Anatoliy Ivanov | 🇷🇺 | Leningrad, 1954-1978
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Anatoliy Ivanov
CARDS
Villa
None
Fenerbahçe
None
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 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Tomislav Kaloperović | 🇷🇸 |
Fenerbahçe
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 | 🇹🇷 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴 | 🔥 | for F John Deehan | 🏴 | 50' |
🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 65' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | (M Kamuran Tarhan | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 | (D Naci Sarıtaş | 🇹🇷 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Radmilo Ivančević | 🇷🇸 |
RB Erhan Altın | 🇹🇷 |
M Bülent Topuzoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🇹🇷 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇹🇷 : 15/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
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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