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Game #3394

Aston Villa

4-0-3, 8 PTS

Saturday, 25 September 1976

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Won

5th= (+3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

0-6-1, 6 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,652

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Leicester City

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🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 September 1976

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Alex Cropley
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Ray Graydon (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 September 1976

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in three League games to make it four wins and three defeats in seven division one games this season. Meanwhile, midfielder Alex Cropley made his Villa debut after joining from Arsenal for a fee of £125,000 on 21 September 1976.

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Leicester City

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #112 |
Saturday, 25 September 1976

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🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 112 | 🟩 | 51 🟨 | 30 🟥 31 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 February 1976, Villa 1-2 Sheffield United, Bramall Lane.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders hands Alex Cropley his debut in place of Gordon Cowans.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.20 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 29.98 |

Youngest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 20.84 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Rofe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Blockley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan Woollett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Keith Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Chris Garland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alan Birchenall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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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 John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“When you consider that he [Alex Cropley on debut] has done very little training this week and this in fact was only his second full game in a month, I was very pleased with him. “He helped us to tighten things up considerably in the middle. “Midfield is probably the most difficult of all positions in which to play, especially for a newcomer to a side, but he settled down quickly. “We he is fully match fit he will make and even bigger contribution than he did today.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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