Game #3421
Aston Villa
14-4-8, 32 PTS
Saturday, 5 March 1977
Drew
5th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Division One
Leicester City
9-12-8, 30 PTS
Filbert Street
Attendance: 22,038
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
Leicester City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 23' |
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
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
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
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.
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 and make it W6 D1 L3, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.
18 year old defender David Evans made his debut appearance in the Villa squad.
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
Aston Villa
Leicester City
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #139 |
Saturday, 5 March 1977
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🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 139 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 36 🟥 36 | 1.71
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1981
Matches Officiated: 14
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 29 January 1977, Villa 3-0 West Ham, Villa Park.
Cards: None
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
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 |
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
D David Evans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Jake Findlay | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
GK John Burridge | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 5 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.