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Game #3454

Aston Villa

4-2-4, 10 PTS

Saturday, 8 October 1977

Won

9th= (+4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

Attendance: 20,276

Filbert Street

1-3-6, 5 PTS

Leicester City

0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | John Gidman | 49' | Dennis Mortimer | 61' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa put on the style as they beat Leicester at Filbert Street but violence in the stands - as fans are mixed together due to overcrowding - and a worrying offer from Saudi Arabia dominate the headlines.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 October 1977

🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by John Gidman
⚽ | 61' Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins, two draws and four defeats in ten division one games this season.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Leicester City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #172 |
Saturday, 8 October 1977

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Reg Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norwich, 1974-1980
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWLDW |

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 172 | 🟩 | 83 🟨 | 43 🟥 46 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Reg Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norwich, 1974-1980
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Leicester City

None

TEAM NEWS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.47 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.68 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.96 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Rofe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Alderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alan Waddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

"We played tremendously well. We worked hard throughout the 90 minutes and produced some good one touch moves." Ron Saunders. "It was a pity that the cameras were not there to record that one." Andy Gray after a brilliantly-worked six man move sees Dennis Mortimer pushed a through a ball to Andy Gray to calmly shoot the ball past the goalkeeper to wrap up the points. "I don't want to' leave Villa because of the relationships I have built up at the club in the last three years. “Not only have we had success on the field, but the rapport with the fans has been exceptional and I would be stupid to sacrifice all this. "But having received such a fantastic offer from the Arabs to take over I am not in the position to turn down out of hand. “I must compare it with the security I have at present." Ron Saunders. “Ron has spoken to me about it. “He has told me he has received an enormous offer from the Saudi Arabians. “It is tax free and obviously we would not be able to match it. "I have told Ron that he will have to make up his own mind. “ But Ron has done so much for Aston Villa that when he comes to weigh up the pros and the cons I hope he will decide to stay." Villa chairman Sir William Dugdale.

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