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Game #3419

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 February 1977

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Won

5th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Port Vale

Villa Park

Attendance: 48,812

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-0

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Port Vale

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🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 February 1977

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, Chris Nicholl
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Port Vale
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-0, John Deehan, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Port Vale

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 February 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa make it successive 3-0 cup victories as they get past third division Vale in the FA Cup 5th Round.

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Port Vale

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

Aston Villa

Port Vale

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Port Vale

Previous 5 vs. Port Vale: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 137 | 🟩 | 66 🟨 | 35 🟥 36 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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 REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, 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
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
8
5*
0
0
5*
0
3
-
-
0
0

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, 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

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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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 February 1977, Villa 3-0 Port Vale, Villa Park.

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