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Villa vs.

Colchester United

🟩 9 August 2017, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Weston Homes Community Stadium.

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Game #5396

Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: John Brooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicestershire, 2016-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 2017-18 |
Matchday | #2 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Wednesday, 9 August 2017

Scorer(s) | Scott Hogan | 7’ | Own Goal | 19’ |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Christopher Samba | 🇨🇬 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Josh Onomah | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
W André Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | 69’ |
🔁 CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | 73’ |
🔁 RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | for W André Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 85’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 |

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Starting XI

GK Sam Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ryan Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Cameron James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Frankie Kent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Cole Kpekawa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Lapslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Drey Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Sammie Szmodics | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Sean Murray | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
W Kyel Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mikael Madron | 🇫🇷 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Craig Slater | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Tom Lapslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65’ |
🔁 | LB Lewis Kinsella (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Kyel Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 69’ |
🔁 | CF Denny Johnstone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Drey Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Rene Gilmartin | 🇮🇪 |
RB Kane Vincent-Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy O'Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Tariq Issa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Callum O’Hare
⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Scott Hogan
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Frankie Kent
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 2-1, (Colchester United), Frankie Kent
🕒 | HT Colchester United 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | 53’ Booking, André Green
🟨 | 59’ Booking, Callum O’Hare
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Albert Adomah, Sub on, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Scott Hogan, Sub on, Keinan Davis
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, André Green, Sub on, Ritchie De Laet
🕒 | FT Colchester United 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa scrape through against League two side Colchester in their fourth League Cup meeting but first since 1979.

  • Forward Callum O’Hare made his Villa debut aged 19 after graduating from the Youth team ranks to become the 912th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Scott Hogan scores only his 2nd goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (11 Starts) but it only comes against lower league opposition to make it W5 D3 L7, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟥 5 September 1979, Villa 0-2 Colchester, Villa Park.

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Game #3549

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
AET Result: 🟥 Lost
AET Score: 🟥 0-2
Aggregate Result: 🟨 Drew
Aggregate Score: 🟨 2-2
🟩 Villa won 9-8 on penalties
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #267 |
Wednesday, 5 September 1979

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 102' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Mike Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Mike Packer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Wignall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Steve Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Foley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Allinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Eddie Rowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | LB Mike Packer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Steve Dowman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Colchester United)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Colchester United
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-2, (Colchester United)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Colchester United
🔁 | 102’ Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Gary Shelton
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 0-2 Colchester United

Penalties Aston Villa 9-8 Colchester United

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa need penalties to beat third division Colchester in the League Cup despite going into the tie with a two goal advantage.

🟩 28 August 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road.

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Game #3547

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #265 |
Tuesday, 28 August 1979

Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 35' | 73' |

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 35' | 73' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Mike Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Mike Packer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Dowman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wignall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Steve Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Foley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Allinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Eddie Rowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ray Bunkell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | HT Colchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Colchester United 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Persistent Fouling

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa take a two goal lead into the second leg against third division Colchester courtesy of a brace from 17 year old Gary Shaw and two assists from Tony Morley.

🟩 3 December 1974, Villa 2-1 Colchester, Layer Road.

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Game #3308

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1968-1984
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1974-75 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Tuesday, 3 December 1974

Scorer(s) | Alan Little | 28' | Ray Graydon | 61' |

Assists(s) | Brian Little | 28' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jim Cumbes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Tony Betts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Mike Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Micky Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Barry Dominey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Packer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Lindsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Bunkell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Bobby Svarc | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Froggatt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Ray Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Lindsay Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Alan Little, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Colchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-0, Ray Graydon
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-1, (Colchester United), John Froggatt
🕒 | FT Colchester United 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Villa face Colchester United for the first time in competitive football, Colchester become the 110th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa beat Third Division side Colchester in the League Cup quarter final at Layer Road to set up the two legged semi final and a possible second Wembley appearance in four seasons.

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