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Game #3460

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 2 November 1977

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Drew

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

UEFA Cup

Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze Stadium

Attendance: 15,000

Górnik Zabrze

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Frank Carrodus | 52' |

MATCH TIMELINE

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Wednesday, 2 November 1977

🥅 | 40’ Goal, 1-0, (Górnik Zabrze), Marcinkowski
🕒 | HT Górnik Zabrze 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, John Deehan, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🕒 | FT Górnik Zabrze 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Jimmy Rimmer, Time wasting

Not recorded

ON THIS DAY

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Wednesday, 2 November 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa make it eight games unbeaten in all competitions as they progress to the UEFA Cup third round.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Górnik Zabrze

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Ekstraklasa Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Polish Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

Aston Villa

Górnik Zabrze

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Górnik Zabrze

Previous 5 vs. Górnik: 🟩

Górnik Zabrze

PREVIOUS MATCH

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SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #178 |
Wednesday, 2 November 1977

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alberto Michelotti | 🇮🇹 | Parma, 1973-1980
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 178 | 🟩 | 87 🟨 | 45 🟥 46 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alberto Michelotti | 🇮🇹 | Parma, 1973-1980
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

TEAM NEWS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

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Starting XI Average Age
| 24.99 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.75 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.25 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🇵🇱 |

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Górnik Zabrze

GK Andrzej Fischer | 🇵🇱 |
D Ireneusz Lazurowicz | 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
D Bernard Jarzina | 🇵🇱 |
CB Jerzy Gorgoń | 🇵🇱 |
M Henryk Wieczorek | 🇵🇱 |
M Zygfryd Szołtysik | 🇵🇱 |
M Adam Popowicz | 🇵🇱 |
M Jozef Kurzeja | 🇵🇱 |
M Joachim Hutka | 🇵🇱 |
F Janusz Marcinkowski | 🇵🇱 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Stanislaw Gzil | 🇵🇱 |

SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | D Ireneusz Lazurowicz | 🇵🇱 | (F Jerzy Radecki | 🇵🇱 |)
🔁 | F Janusz Marcinkowski | 🇵🇱 | (g) (F Marian Wasilewski | 🇵🇱 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇵🇱 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇵🇱 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Media & Commentary

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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EXTERNAL MATCH REPORT LINKS

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AVFC HISTORY MATCH SUMMARY

Villa deliver a below par performance before Ron Saunders changes his 4-4-2 to a second half 4-3-3 prompting Andy Gray's 52' strike to ensure progress in the UEFA Cup in Poland.

MATCH QUOTES

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"I am absolutely delighted with the result. “We did not play in the first half and let them tie things up. "The extra man in midfield in the second half made all the difference. “At the end of the day we had enough chances to have won it.” Ron Saunders.

ORIGINAL MATCH REPORT

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