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Game #3405

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 1 December 1976

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Won

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Millwall

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,147

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Millwall

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Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 8' | Frank Carrodus | 90' |

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 1 December 1976

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Chris Nicholl, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Millwall
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Millwall

🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent.

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 1 December 1976

  • Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 can’t score on his 21st birthday but Villa squeeze through to the League Cup semi final once again.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat second division Millwall in the League Cup to qualify for the semi finals. 

  • Winger Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 9th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to New York Cosmos in February 1977. Hunt played for Villa between 1974-75 and 1976-77 making just 🕒 9 appearances (5 Starts) to make it 🟩 W3 🟨 D3 🟥 L3, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 2 Assists. Hunt would return for a second spell with Villa in 1986.

  • Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 12th appearance at a rate of one every 2.40 games.

  • Right back John Gidman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 131st appearance.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (143 Starts) to make it 🟩 W68 🟨 D42 🟥 L40, ⚽ 46 Goals and 🔥 32 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.92 games.

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1975-87 🕒 81 | ✅ 77 🔁 (4) | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 8 | #576 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Millwall

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Millwall

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Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #20 |
Manager Game | #123 |
Wednesday, 1 December 1976

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🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 123 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 33 🟥 33 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1974-1985
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Hunt replaces John Robson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.33 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.16 |

Youngest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.34 |

Referee

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Gordon Jago | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Nicky Johns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jon Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Alan Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Barry Kitchener | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Donaldson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Brisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Seasman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Trevor Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Terry Shanahan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Terry Shanahan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Barrie Fairbrother | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

Squad Bios

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, 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

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"We were very disappointing. “We created several chances but couldn't put them away. "At no stage though did we look as if we would lose. “Millwall surprised us a little but it's nice to be back in the semi-finals of the League Cup again." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 1 Dec 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park

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