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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 October 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 October 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

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 19 October 1977

  • 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.

  • Ron Saunders Villa beat Górnik in the second round of the UEFA Cup courtesy of a Ken McNaught brace despite losing 'keeper Jimmy Rimmer to illness in the 19'. It would prove to be the final appearance for Rimmer's replacement, Jake Findlay, 23, who 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. Meanwhile, right back Gary Williams made his first appearance in the Villa squad aged 16.

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1974-77 | 🕒 18 | 17 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 | #566 |

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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

Aston Villa

Górnik Zabrze

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Górnik Zabrze

Previous 5 vs. Górnik: None

Górnik Zabrze

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Górnik Zabrze

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez | 🇪🇸 | Murcia, 1973-1985 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 174 | 🟩 | 85 🟨 | 43 🟥 46 | 1.71

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez | 🇪🇸 | Murcia, 1973-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 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.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟨 🟨

🟩 19 October 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
Manager

🟩 19 October 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 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟩 19 October 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

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa 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

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 19 October 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

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

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

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 19 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park.

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