Game #3418
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Queens Park Rangers
Highbury
Attendance: 40,438
🟩 22 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
Aston Villa
3-0
Queens Park Rangers
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 21' | 89' |
🟩 22 February 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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
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
Aston Villa
Queens Park Rangers
🟩 22 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #136 |
Tuesday, 22 February 1977
🟩 22 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | for M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 50' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 22 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 22 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 22 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 22 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Highbury.
MATCH REPORTS
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