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Game #3429

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 13 April 1977

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Won

Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Everton

Old Trafford

Attendance: 54,749

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

Aston Villa

3-2

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Everton

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🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 13 April 1977

🟨 | 37’ Booking, Chris Nicholl
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Bob Latchford
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Everton
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-1 Chris Nicholl
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 2-1 Brian Little
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 2-2, (Everton), Mick Lyons
🔁 | 103’ Sub off, John Gidman, Sub on, Gordon Smith
⚽ | 118’ Goal, 3-2, Brian Little, Assist by Gordon Smith
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Everton

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 13 April 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa beat Everton at the third attempt to win the League Cup for the second time in three seasons and third time overall.

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Everton

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

Aston Villa

Everton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #44 |
Manager Game | #147 |
Wednesday, 13 April 1977

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🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1977
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
AET Result: 🟩 Won
AET Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🕒 147 | 🟩 | 70 🟨 | 39 🟥 38 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Gordon Kew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Middlesbrough, 1966-1977
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 16 March 1977, Villa 1-1 Everton, Hillsborough.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ray Graydon and Gordon Cowans replace Andy Gray and Frank Carrodus.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.10 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.52 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.47 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK David Lawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Terry Darracott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Neil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ron Goodlass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Jim Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 103' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Jim Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (LB Steve Seargeant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, 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

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 14 April 1977

Brian Little steered Aston Villa through to a record-breaking third League Cup triumph at Old Trafford last night — two minutes from the ,end of extra time. Little grabbed his goal to end the long - playing marathon and settle the issue after three matches which provided five hours 28 minutes of thrilling, if unspectacular football. His goal was inspired by man -of - the - match Dennis Mortimer. The Liverpool born midfield player sent a brilliant long pass out to substitute Gordon Smith on the right. Smith's low centre seemed to be covered by Terry Darracott but the full-back touched the ball wide of goalkeeper David Lawson and Little, ever the opportunist, was on hand to ram it over the line. So ended Villa's titanic efforts to bring the Cup back to Villa Park on their fifth appearance in the final. It was a triumph over all their injuries, and in this second replay Villa had to overcome the absence of Scottish international Andy Gray and midfield schemer Frank Carrodus. As in the previous two clashes the game scarcely reached any high spots and neither side did themselves justice. Indeed, the latest encounter revealed a lot of what is wrong with the English game at present. There were thrills galore but there was also too much running and too little thought put into the play, although Villa always looked the more composed and capable outfit. But they had to fight back from a shock 38th minute goal from Birmingham-born Bob Latchford and they showed their true character with two determined goals in two minutes near the end. Chris Nicholl scored the first after 80 minutes with an almost despairing left straight foot drive from 30 yards and Brian Little robbed Mick Lyons to grab the second. It looked all over then but Lyons redeemed himself with a flying header in a frantic goalmouth melee to ensure that the final went into extra time again. Villa's last lingering injury doubt was resolved when John Gidman was pronounced fit. Neil Robinson was preferred to Steve Seargeant at right back by Everton. There must have been same confusion in the Everton dressing room, however, because both Robinson and his fellow full back Terry Darracott turned out wearing No. 2 shirts and Middlesbrough referee Gordon Kew didn't notice. A foul by Nicholl, who had his hands full trying to cope with Latchford led to Everton's first half goal. Nicholl was booked in the 37th minute for bringing the centre forward down midway in his own half but the punishment of seeing Latchford score from the free-kick was more severe. Goodlass took the kick and McNaught rose majestically at the far post to head the ball down for Latchford to sweep it over the line. It was the first time in four hours and eight minutes that Everton had gone ahead. Villa tried to retaliate with a quick equaliser but Lawson swooped on a back header from Little after a left-wing corner from Mortimer. It was clear after the interval that Everton were going to try and defend their slender lead rather than try and extend it. Villa attacked straight away and Cowans had a shot deflected for a corner after Robinson had fouled Robson on the edge of the penalty area. The crowd chanted tirelessly for Villa and Mortimer was unlucky when a deflected shot was just scrambled away by Lawson at the far post. Villa were clearly on top now but they just could not penetrate Everton's packed rearguard. Robinson was forced to stop Cropley with a heavy tackle which almost brought a booking and four minutes later Deehan saw his dipping header shoot narrowly past the upright from Little's corner. But in the 80th minute Villa scored their equaliser. There seemed no danger as Nicholl gathered a loose ball midway in Everton's half. He then let fly with a left foot shot which flew past Lawson into the corner of the net with Everton's defenders standing in disbelief. A minute later Villa were ahead. Little dispossessed Lyons and squeezed his shot into the corner of the net past the advancing Lawson. It seemed then that Villa were finally going to triumph. But just 60 seconds later Everton were surprisingly back into the game. Goodlass took a corner on the right and after a tremendous melee in Villa's goal mouth, Lyons finally headed the ball over the line. Gidman. who had joined in the attack, had a shot kicked off the line by Darracott but at the end of five hours of play both sides were still deadlocked and the game again went into extra time. Villa kept up the pressure in the first period of extra time and Little might well have put them ahead again but for a fine stop by Lawson. Gidman went down injured after 13 minutes of the first period, obviously troubled with his groin injury, and Everton swept away on the attack for Latchford to miss a great chance from in front of goal after a clever centre from Goodlass. Two minutes from time it was all over when Little joyously ran on to a loose ball in front of goal after Darracott had only partially cleared a centre from Smith. Everton just had no more strength to come back again.
Reports

🟩 13 April 1977, Villa 3-2 Everton, Old Trafford.

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