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Game #3420

Aston Villa

14-3-8, 31 PTS

Wednesday, 2 March 1977

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Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Derby County

5-8-11, 18 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 37,396

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

Aston Villa

4-0

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Derby County

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 2 March 1977

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, 70 Seconds
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 2-0 John Gidman
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Chris Nicholl
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Derby County
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, David Hughes, Sub on, Gordon Smith
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 4-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by John Deehan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Derby County

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 2 March 1977

  • Gordon Cowans hits his first goal for Villa to round off a resounding victory as he collects the ball from John Deehan on the edge of the area, flicks it into the air, before volleying it into the roof of the net.

  • Villa make it ten goals in three games without reply as they take their Cup form into the league. 

  • Villa make it fourteen wins, three draws and eight defeats in twenty five division one games this season under Ron Saunders

  • Gordon Cowans scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W6 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.

🟩 2 March 1977, Villa 4-0 Derby, 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

Derby County

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

Aston Villa

Derby County

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #138 |
Wednesday, 2 March 1977

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
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

🕒 138 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 35 🟥 36 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
Replaced by J Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Coaliffe on 68'
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Hughes and Gordon Cowans replace Alex Cropley and Andy Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.41 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.36 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 2 March 1977, Villa 4-0 Derby, 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 David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Colin Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Colin Boulton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ron Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tony Macken | 🇮🇪 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jeff King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Henry Newton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Charlie George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Hector | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M David Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 79' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Jeff Bourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 2 March 1977, Villa 4-0 Derby, 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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 2 March 1977, Villa 4-0 Derby, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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