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Game #3454

Aston Villa

4-2-4, 10 PTS

Saturday, 8 October 1977

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Won

9th= (+4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

1-3-6, 5 PTS

Filbert Street

Attendance: 20,276

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

Leicester City

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | John Gidman | 49' | Dennis Mortimer | 61' |

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 October 1977

🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by John Gidman
⚽ | 61' Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 October 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins, two draws and four defeats in ten division one games this season.

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #172 |
Saturday, 8 October 1977

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🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Reg Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norwich, 1974-1980
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WWLDW |

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

🕒 172 | 🟩 | 83 🟨 | 43 🟥 46 | 1.70

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Reg Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norwich, 1974-1980
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 17 January 1976, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.47 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.68 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.96 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Frank McLintock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis Rofe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Sammels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W George Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Brian Alderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alan Waddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Steve Earle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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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

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We played tremendously well. We worked hard throughout the 90 minutes and produced some good one touch moves." Ron Saunders. "It was a pity that the cameras were not there to record that one." Andy Gray after a brilliantly-worked six man move sees Dennis Mortimer pushed a through a ball to Andy Gray to calmly shoot the ball past the goalkeeper to wrap up the points. "I don't want to' leave Villa because of the relationships I have built up at the club in the last three years. “Not only have we had success on the field, but the rapport with the fans has been exceptional and I would be stupid to sacrifice all this. "But having received such a fantastic offer from the Arabs to take over I am not in the position to turn down out of hand. “I must compare it with the security I have at present." Ron Saunders. “Ron has spoken to me about it. “He has told me he has received an enormous offer from the Saudi Arabians. “It is tax free and obviously we would not be able to match it. "I have told Ron that he will have to make up his own mind. “ But Ron has done so much for Aston Villa that when he comes to weigh up the pros and the cons I hope he will decide to stay." Villa chairman Sir William Dugdale.
Quotes

🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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