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Villa vs.

Exeter City

🟩 8 Jan 1994, Villa 1-0 Exeter, St James' Park

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Game #4299

Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1993-94 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #134 |
Saturday, 8 January 1994

Scorer(s) | Dean Saunders | (pen) | 60' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Neil Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bryan Small | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Guy Whittingham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Peter Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Jason Minett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Scott Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Whiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jon Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Storer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Simon Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Russell Coughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Michael Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Martin Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Kenny Veysey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Toby Redwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Dean Saunders (pen)
🕒 | FT Exeter City 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Andy Townsend, Foul

On This Day

  • Villa need a Dean Saunders penalty to beat 3rd division Exeter in the third round of the FA Cup as Paul McGrath's absence dominates the headlines.

  • Mark Bosnich keeps his 16th clean sheet but it is his first in 7 games - his longest period without one since coming into the side - as his strong start to his career continues with 39 appearances, 38 Starts, W18 D9 L12, 33 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.85 goals per game and 16 Clean Sheets (41%) so far in his Villa career.

🟩 9 October 1985, Villa 8-1 Exeter, Villa Park.

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Game #3873

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
HT Score 🟩 6-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 8-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 12-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Wednesday, 9 October 1985

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 16' | 19' | Simon Stainrod | 29' | Brendan Ormsby | 35' | 84' | Paul Birch | 58' | Gary Williams | 36' | 42' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 36' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 75' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Graeme Kirkup | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Keith Viney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim McNichol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Impey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nicky Marker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Ling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Alan Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ray Pratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Kellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gary Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steve Harrower | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-0, Simon Stainrod
⚽ | 35' Goal, 4-0, Brendan Ormsby
⚽ | 36' Goal, 5-0, Gary Williams, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 42' Goal, 6-0, Gary Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 6-0 Exeter City
🥅 | 49' Goal, 6-1, (Exeter City), Alan Crawford
⚽ | 58' Goal, 7-1, Paul Birch
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 84' Goal, 8-1, Brendan Ormsby
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 8-1 Exeter City

On This Day

  • Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat Fourth Division side Exeter City in the second leg of the League Cup second round to win 12-2 on aggregate as Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽ scores his first goals for the club since his return and Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores for the first time in his seven year career.

  • Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores a brace as he nets his ⚽ first goals for the club in 🕒 248 appearances in a Villa shirt.

  • Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores a brace to contribute his ⚽ 🔥 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 137th appearance.

🟩 25 September 1985, Villa 4-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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Game #3870

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Wednesday, 25 September 1985

Scorer(s) | Simon Stainrod | 11' | 16' | 55' | 71' |

Assist(s) | Allan Evans | 11' | Paul Birch | 16' | Tony Dorigo | 55' | Brendan Ormsby | 71' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

Not recorded

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Starting XI

Not Recorded

Substitutes

Not Recorded

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Simon Stainrod
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Allan Evans
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 2-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Exeter City), Tony Kellow
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Dorigo
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 4-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Brendan Ormsby
🟥 | 84' Sending off, Darren Bradley
🟥 | 84' Sending off, (Exeter City), Darren Gale
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-4 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat Fourth Division side Exeter City in the first leg of the League Cup second round.

  • Centre forward Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 scores all four Villa ⚽ goals on his debut after moving from Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month for a fee of £250,000. Stainrod becomes the 635th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Midfeilder Darren Bradley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off on his 🕒 9th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Midfielder Ray Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.

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Game #3445

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #163 |
Wednesday, 31 August 1977

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 22' | 57' | 89' |

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 22' | Brian Little | 57' | Dennis Mortimer | 89' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK John Baugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Templeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Hore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bobby Saxton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Hatch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Weeks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Bobby Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nicky Jennings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tony Kellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Bowker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Beer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Graham Weeks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Lammie Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 2-1, (Exeter City, pen), Lammie Robertson
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Centre forward Andy Gray's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 hat-trick secures Villa a fairly straightforward win over division three side Exeter in the League Cup second round.

  • Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 secures his 🟩 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 44th appearance.

🟩 9 Jan 1915, Villa 2-0 Exeter, Villa Park

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Game #1006

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: J. Talks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1914-15 |
Matchday | #22 |
Manager Game | #980 |
Saturday, 9 January 1915

Scorer(s) | Joe Bache | 46' | Clem Stephenson | 62' |

Assist(s) | Charlie Wallace | 46' | Harold Edgley | 62' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB William Littlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Ducat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Arthur Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Pym
Strettle
Marshall
Smith
Lagan
Rigby
Dockray
Lovett
W. Goodwin
Evans
Holt

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Exeter City
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 1-0, Joe Bache, Assist by Charlie Wallace
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0, Clem Stephenson, Assist by Harold Edgley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Exeter City

On This Day

  • Villa face non-league Exeter in the FA Cup for the second successive season to progress to the second round but need a goal immediately after the break from Joe Bache after a goalless first half to break the deadlock and set up the win against the Southern League side.

🟩 31 Jan 1914, Villa 2-1 Exeter, St James' Park

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Game #967

Manager: George Ramsay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 1886-1926 led Management Committee
Referee: L. W. Child | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1913-14 |
Matchday | #26 |
Manager Game | #941 |
Saturday, 31 January 1914

Scorer(s) | Harry Hampton | 4' | 57' |

Assist(s) | Tommy Barber | 4' | Tom Lyons | 57' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Sam Hardy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jimmy Harrop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Tom Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Tommy Weston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Leach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Harold Edgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Charlie Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Harry Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Clem Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Joe Bache | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions permitted in period

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Starting XI

Pym
Fort
Strettle
Rigby
Lagan
Smith
Holt
Lovett
Whittaker
McCann
Marshall

Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Unused Substitutes

No Substitutions Permitted in Period

Match Timeline

⚽ | 4' Goal, 1-0, Harry Hampton, Assist by Tommy Barber
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57' Goal, 2-0, Harry Hampton, Assist by Tom Lyons
🥅 | 62' Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), McCann
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

  • Harry Hampton scores for the fourteenth time in seventeen as Villa see off non-league side Exeter in the second round of the FA Cup.

  • Villa face Exeter City for the first time in competitive football, Exeter become the 65th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football. 

  • Holders Villa record four successive victories for the first time this season as they beat Exeter in the second round of the FA Cup.

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