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Game #3456

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 19 October 1977

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

UEFA Cup

Górnik Zabrze

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,138

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Górnik Zabrze

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 11' | 54' |

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 October 1977

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🔁 | 19’ Sub off, Jimmy Rimmer, Sub on, Jake Findlay 🔴
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Górnik Zabrze
🟨 | 53' Booking, Alex Cropley, Handling after referee appeared to have given a free kick to Villa
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 2-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Górnik Zabrze

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 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 19 October 1977
  • Villa face extreme aggression as a tactic for the second successive game but Ken McNaught’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 first ⚽ goals for the club on his 🕒 fourteenth appearance win through as Villa survive losing goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to a stomach upset after just 19’.

  • Villa face Górnik Zabrze 🇵🇱 for the first time in competitive football, Górnik become the 113th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s third continental European opponents and their first from Poland 🇵🇱.

  • Goalkeeper Jake Findlay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 23 replaces the unwell Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after 19' in what  would prove to be his final appearance in a Villa shirt before he moved on to Luton Town in November 1978 for a fee of £100,000. Findlay had played for Villa between 1973-74 and 1977-78 making 17 appearances. 

  • Rght back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 16 made his first appearance in the Villa.

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1974-77 🕒 18 | ✅ 17 🔁 (1) | 🥅 1.17 | ⛔ 28% | 🇺 3 | #567 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Górnik Zabrze

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Ekstraklasa Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Polish Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

FIXTURE HISTORY
Górnik Zabrze
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Previous 5 vs. Górnik: None

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

Górnik Zabrze

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Górnik Zabrze

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #174 |
Wednesday, 19 October 1977

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🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez | 🇪🇸 | Murcia, 1977
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 174 | 🟩 | 85 🟨 | 43 🟥 46 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez | 🇪🇸 | Murcia, 1977

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Booking, Alex Cropley, Handling after referee appeared to have given a free kick to Villa

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

🆘 Did not sufficiently clamp down on Górnik's blatant and aggressive fouling before booking Cropley for picking the ball up at a free kick he hadn't blown for but for which he booked the opposition player.

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.95 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.71 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.22 |

Referee

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

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 Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Władysław Żmuda | 🇵🇱 |

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Górnik Zabrze

GK Waldemar Cimander | 🇵🇱 |
CB Jerzy Gorgoń | 🇵🇱 | 🟨 |
D Bernard Jarzina | 🇵🇱 |
D Zygmunt Bindek | 🇵🇱 |
M Henryk Wieczorek | 🇵🇱 |
M Zygfryd Szołtysik | 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
M Adam Popowicz | 🇵🇱 |
M Jozef Kurzeja | 🇵🇱 | 🟨 |
M Joachim Hutka | 🇵🇱 |
F Jerzy Radecki | 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Stanislaw Gzil | 🇵🇱 |

Line Ups

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 | for GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Zygfryd Szołtysik | 🇵🇱 | (F Janusz Marcinkowski | 🇵🇱 |)
🔁 | F Jerzy Radecki | 🇵🇱 | (F Marian Wasilewski | 🇵🇱 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Marian Wasilewski | 🇵🇱 |
Gajda | 🇵🇱 |

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 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 16/16

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇵🇱 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇵🇱 : 15/15

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

UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

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