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Game #3424

Aston Villa

Saturday, 19 March 1977

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Lost

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 57,089

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 2' |

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 March 1977

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Stewart Houston
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Lou Macari
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Leighton Phillips
🟨 | Booking, Ray Graydon
🟨 | Booking, John Deehan

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

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 March 1977
  • Villa take the lead two minutes from the start after Brian Little received the ball from Dennis Mortimer, spotted Alex Stepney slightly off his line and hit a 35 yard drive over the ‘keeper and into the net. But an errant foul leads to a first half equaliser before Manchester United his a late winner to knock Villa out of the Cup.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa are knocked out of the FA Cup quarter finals by division one rivals Manchester United.

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #39 |
Manager Game | #142 |
Saturday, 19 March 1977

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🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1974-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🕒 142 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 38 🟥 37 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1974-1981

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

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Charlie Young (first start in 15) and Ray Graydon (first start since November due to injury) replace Chris Nicholl and Andy Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.15 |

Oldest Player |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.68 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.41 |

Referee

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (ex)

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Manchester United

GK Alex Stepney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Stewart Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
W Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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Injury | 3 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES
“It was a marvellous advertisement for football. “We are naturally disappointed to have lost. But the team gave me everything and I couldn’t ask for more. “They deserve it [a break away after the Sunderland match] and with no game for ten days this will help them recharge their batteries. “Although we are out of the FA Cup we have still the League Cup and the League to look forward to. Ron Saunders. “They [Villa] were absolutely marvellous. “They have played three Cup finals in eight days, if you count this game, but you would never have guessed it from this performance. “My decision to congratulate the Villa lads was entirely spontaneous. “When you consider the injuries they had this was a remarkable show by the whole team. “Indeed, they played better than when they lost up here earlier this season. “I really though that Andy Gray would play even if he had to turn out on crutches. “But the deputies did well and they certainly did not let the side down.” Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty.
Quotes

🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 19 Mar 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford

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