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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: 🟩
None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🇷🇸 |

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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 | 🇹🇷 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 50' |
🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | (M Kamuran Tarhan | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 | (D Naci Sarıtaş | 🇹🇷 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Radmilo Ivančević | 🇷🇸 |
RB Erhan Altın | 🇹🇷 |
M Bülent Topuzoğlu | 🇹🇷 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇹🇷 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇹🇷 : 15/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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