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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 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

Aston Villa (Holders)

1-0

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Queens Park Rangers

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🟩 26 Oct 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

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

🟩 26 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 October 1977
  • Following their misfortune at Upton Park with a less than generous referee, the tables turn as Villa beat QPR with a hotly disputed penalty from Andy Gray in the League Cup third round. But in truth it was another poor refereeing performance that overshadowed the game and created a dangerously fractious atmosphere amongst the opposition.

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

🟩 26 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Queens Park Rangers
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Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

Queens Park Rangers

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Queens Park Rangers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 26 Oct 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 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1973-1984
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 176 | 🟩 | 86 🟨 | 44 🟥 46 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 26 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1973-1984

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 John Gidman, Not retreating ten yards
🟨 Ken McNaught, Dissent

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

🆘 Having already denied Villa a penalty, awarded one on 40', before allowing Rangers' protests to get out of hand

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

🟩 26 Oct 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

🟩 26 Oct 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 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Oct 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

Squad Bios

🟩 26 Oct 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 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 26 Oct 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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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 26 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 26 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

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