Game #3419

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 February 1977

Won

5th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Port Vale

Villa Park

Attendance: 48,812

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

Port Vale

Scorer(s) | Chris Nicholl | 18' | Brian Little | 79' | John Deehan | 86' |

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 86' |

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 February 1977

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 February 1977

Villa beat third division side Port Vale in the FA Cup but Ron Saunders' tiny squad is creaking at the seams with injury and fatigue as they continue to battle for honours on three fronts.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it successive 3-0 cup victories as they get past third division Vale in the FA Cup 5th Round.

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 22 February 1977, Villa 3-0 QPR, Villa Park.

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 2 March 1977, Villa 4-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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

Port Vale

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Port Vale

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Port Vale

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟩 26 February 1972, Villa 2-0 Vale, Villa Park.

Port Vale

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 27 January 1990, Villa 6-0 Vale, Villa Park.

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #137 |
Saturday, 26 February 1977

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 137 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 35 🟥 36 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arthur Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ormskirk, 1963-1977
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 6
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 1 February 1977, Villa 0-0 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Arthur Jones

CARDS

None

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.07 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.40 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.57 |

Referee

Manager

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

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

Roy Sproson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Port Vale

GK John Connaughton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Max Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Ridley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Kennerley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Tartt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ken Beech | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ken Beamish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 74' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Derek Brownbill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

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

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

142

141

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

100

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

149

146

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

126

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

164

157

SUBSTITUTES

	Game	Sub	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	8	5*	0	0	5*	0	3	-	-	0	0

UNUSED

	Unused

Squad Bios

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

MATCH QUOTES

“But what could I do [but select Andy Gray and Alex Cropley as neither was fit]. "I couldn't leave them both out because I only had one - Gordon Cowans - to put in. “In the end they both said they wanted to play so I decided to let them. “Gray was suffering more than Cropley and that was why I took him off when I did.” Ron Saunders.

Quotes

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

MATCH REPORTS

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Birmingham Daily Post
Monday, 28 February 1977

“Villa are reaching the two matches-a-week stage now. “A 12-strong first team squad just is not big enough. “Where is the cheque book? But then, where are the players?“ *Birmingham Daily Post* Monday, 28 February 1977

Reports

🟩 26 Feb 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park

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