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Game #3422

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 March 1977

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Drew

Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

League Cup

Everton

Wembley Stadium

Attendance: 96,223

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

Aston Villa

0-0

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Everton

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 March 1977

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton

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

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 March 1977
  • Villa play out a bore draw at Wembley in the League Cup final against Everton but there are trophies won regardless as Andy Gray wins both the PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. It was a day of disaster all over at Wembley though as two coaches from the official party collide, Brian Little goes to hospital for a late ankle injury and both sets of players have to pause the game in the second half to look for a spur dropped by the marching band at half time.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa are held to a goal-less draw by Everton at Wembley in the League Cup final with a replay needed.

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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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

Everton

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1969-70

FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #140 |
Saturday, 12 March 1977

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🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1968-1977
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
AET Result: 🟨 Drew
AET Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 140 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 37 🟥 36 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1968-1977

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

🆘 Failed to award a clear penalty early in the second half before ignoring players' cramp

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

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Burridge, Andy Gray and Alex Cropley replace Jake Findlay, Gordon Cowans and Gordon Smith.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.11 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.44 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.61 |

Referee

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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

Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK David Lawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Terry Darracott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Dave Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Goodlass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF George Telfer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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

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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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MATCH QUOTES
“It’s the supporters we feel most sorry for tonight. “They expected us, as the favourites, to destroy Everton. “But we never reacted to the occasion and I am still trying to work out what went wrong. “It might even have been better if we had lost rather than play like that. “Just look at them. They have forgive us already. “Anyone would thing we have won the Cup. “We will have to make certain that we win at Hillsborough and do it in style.” Chris Nicholl. “We just never got started. “The players froze and never pressurised Everton as we all know they can.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 12 Mar 1977, Villa 0-0 Everton, Wembley

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