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Game #3458

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 October 1977

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Queens Park Rangers

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,481

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

Aston Villa (Holders)

1-0

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Queens Park Rangers

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🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 26 October 1977

🟨 | 13’ Booking, John Gidman, Not retreating ten yards
🟨 | 18’ Booking, Ken McNaught, Dissent
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, John Deehan, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Queens Park Rangers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 26 October 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six games unbeaten in all competitions as the holders progress to the League Cup fourth round.

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa 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

Queens Park Rangers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

Aston Villa

Queens Park Rangers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Queens Park Rangers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Queens Park Rangers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #176 |
Wednesday, 26 October 1977

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🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 176 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 | 44 🟥 46 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Having already denied Villa a penalty, awarded one on 40', before allowing Rangers' protests to get out of hand
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 September 1976, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

🟨 🟨

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.97 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.73 |

Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.24 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, 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

Frank Sibley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Barry Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Ron Abbott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

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

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, 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
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
37
10*
5
3
20*
6
11
-
-
0
0

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, 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

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 October 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park.

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