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Game #3421

Aston Villa

14-4-8, 32 PTS

Saturday, 5 March 1977

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Drew

5th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Leicester City

9-12-8, 30 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 22,038

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 23' |

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 March 1977

⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 40' Goal, 1-1, (Leicester City, pen), John Sammels
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Leicester City 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 March 1977

  • A depleted Villa open the scoring at Filbert Street but are pegged back by a first half penalty to leave Villa fifth in the table on the eve of the League Cup final. 

  • Villa make it 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 eight defeats in 🕒 twenty six division one games this season under Ron Saunders.

  • Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 first assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 10th appearance (5 Starts) before conceding the penalty that allowed Leicester to equalise.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Centre back David Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut appearance in the Villa squad.

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #139 |
Saturday, 5 March 1977

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🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1968-1980
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 139 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 36 🟥 36 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1968-1980

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jake Findlay (first start in 12) and Gordon Smith (first start in 11) replace John Burridge and David Hughes.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.27 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.42 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.37 |

Referee

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Rofe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Blockley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Keith Weller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Alderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alan Birchenall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 5 Mar 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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