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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 March 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 March 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

🟥 19 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 19 March 1977

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

🟥 19 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟥 19 March 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 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 142 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 38 🟥 37 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 19 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 April 1976, Villa 2-3 Birmingham, St Andrew's.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨

None

🟥 19 March 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
Manager

🟥 19 March 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟥 19 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB 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

🟥 19 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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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

🟥 19 March 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 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 19 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

UNAVAILABLE

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

🟥 19 March 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 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 19 March 1977, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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