Game #3456
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 19 October 1977
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
UEFA Cup
Górnik Zabrze
Attendance: 34,138
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Górnik Zabrze
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 11' | 54' |
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 October 1977
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🔁 | 19’ Sub off, Jimmy Rimmer, Sub on, Jake Findlay 🔴
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Górnik Zabrze
🟨 | 53' Booking, Alex Cropley, Handling after referee appeared to have given a free kick to Villa
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 2-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Górnik Zabrze
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders Villa beat Górnik in the second round of the UEFA Cup courtesy of a Ken McNaught brace despite losing 'keeper Jimmy Rimmer to illness in the 19'. It would prove to be the final appearance for Rimmer's replacement, Jake Findlay, 23, who moved on to Luton Town in November 1978 for a fee of £100,000. Findlay had played for Villa between 1973-74 and 1977-78 making 17 appearances. Meanwhile, right back Gary Williams made his first appearance in the Villa squad aged 16.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Górnik Zabrze
Ekstraklasa Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Polish Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
FIXTURE HISTORY
Górnik Zabrze
Previous 5 vs. Górnik: None
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #174 |
Wednesday, 19 October 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez | 🇪🇸 | Murcia, 1973-1985 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 174 | 🟩 | 85 🟨 | 43 🟥 46 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez | 🇪🇸 | Murcia, 1973-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Did not sufficiently clamp down on Górnik's blatant and aggressive fouling before booking Cropley for picking the ball up at a free kick he hadn't blown for but for which he booked the opposition player.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.95 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.71 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 20.22 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Władysław Żmuda | 🇵🇱 |
Górnik Zabrze
GK Waldemar Cimander | 🇵🇱 |
CB Jerzy Gorgoń | 🇵🇱 | 🟨 |
D Bernard Jarzina | 🇵🇱 |
D Zygmunt Bindek | 🇵🇱 |
M Henryk Wieczorek | 🇵🇱 |
M Zygfryd Szołtysik | 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
M Adam Popowicz | 🇵🇱 |
M Jozef Kurzeja | 🇵🇱 | 🟨 |
M Joachim Hutka | 🇵🇱 |
F Jerzy Radecki | 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Stanislaw Gzil | 🇵🇱 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 | 🔴 | for GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 19' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Zygfryd Szołtysik | 🇵🇱 | (F Janusz Marcinkowski | 🇵🇱 |)
🔁 | F Jerzy Radecki | 🇵🇱 | (F Marian Wasilewski | 🇵🇱 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Marian Wasilewski | 🇵🇱 |
Gajda | 🇵🇱 |
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 🇵🇱 : 15/15
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
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
🔴 GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 | 1974-77 | 🕒 18 | 17 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 | #566 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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