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Game #3445

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 31 August 1977

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Exeter City

St James' Park

Attendance: 13,768

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

Exeter City

1-3

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Aston Villa (Holders)

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Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 22' | Brian Little | 57' | Dennis Mortimer | 89' |

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 31 August 1977

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 2-1, (Exeter City, pen), Lammie Robertson
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 31 August 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa take respite from their league toils to beat third division Exeter courtesy of an Andy Gray hat-trick.

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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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

Exeter City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Exeter City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Exeter City

Previous 5 vs. Exeter: 🟩 🟩

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1977

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🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 163 | 🟩 | 78 🟨 | 41 🟥 44 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate. 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.79 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.58 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.08 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Bobby Saxton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Exeter City

GK John Baugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Templeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Hore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Saxton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Hatch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Weeks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Bobby Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nicky Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Kellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Bowker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Beer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Graham Weeks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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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 Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Squad Bios

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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