Game #3418
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Queens Park Rangers
Highbury
Attendance: 40,438
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
Aston Villa
3-0
Queens Park Rangers
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 21' | 89' |
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
🔁 | 50' Sub off, Alex Cropley, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Queens Park Rangers
🟨 | Booking, John Deehan
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
Villa qualify for a record breaking fifth League Cup final appearance after finally seeing off a dogged QPR side in the second replay at Highbury.
Brian Little hit a hat-trick to make it fourteen goals for the season as Ron Saunders reaches his fourth League Cup final in five seasons.
Ron Saunders' Villa shrug off the neutral replay being played on Rangers' doorstep to hammer their opponents courtesy of a Brian Little hat-trick to reach a record fifth League Cup final.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Queens Park Rangers
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Bob Matthewson | 🏴 | Bolton, 1968-1977
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 136 | 🟩 | 65 🟨 | 35 🟥 36 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Bob Matthewson | 🏴 | Bolton, 1968-1977
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 13 September 1975, Villa 2-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.06 |
Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.39 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 19.56 |
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |
Queens Park Rangers
GK Phil Parkes | 🏴 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴 |
CB Frank McLintock | 🏴 |
CB David Webb | 🏴 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴 |
M Don Masson | 🏴 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴 |
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | for M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 50' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M John Hollins | 🏴 |
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
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | | 7 | 4* | 0 | 0 | 4* | 0 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 22 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury
MATCH REPORTS
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