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Villa vs.

Fenerbahçe

🟩 28 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Fenerbahçe, Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.

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Game #3451

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Anatoliy Ivanov | 🇷🇺 | Leningrad, 1954-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1977-78 |
Referee | Anatoliy Ivanov, Soviet Union |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #169 |
Wednesday, 28 September 1977

Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 6' | Brian Little | 52' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 6' | John Gregory | 52' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

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

Substitutes

🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 50' |
🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Fuat Güngör | 🇹🇷 |
LB Yenal Kaçıra | 🇹🇷 |
LB Cem Pamiroğlu | 🇹🇷 |
LB Coşkun Demirbakan | 🇹🇷 |
CB Serkan Acar | 🇹🇷 |
CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
D Zafer Göncüler | 🇹🇷 |
M Önder Mustafaoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
W Tuna Güneysu | 🇹🇷 |
W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Bahri Kaya | 🇹🇷 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | (M Kamuran Tarhan | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 | (D Naci Sarıtaş | 🇹🇷 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Radmilo Ivančević | 🇷🇸 |
RB Erhan Altın | 🇹🇷 |
M Bülent Topuzoğlu | 🇹🇷 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Fenerbahçe S.K. 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 50’ Sub off, John Deehan (Concussion), Sub on, John Gregory
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Gregory
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, Ivor Linton
🕒 | FT Fenerbahçe S.K. 0-2 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa complete the job putting two past Fenerbahçe without replay to make it 6 nil in aggregate in the UEFA Cup 1st Round. Meanwhile, centre back Brendan Ormsby, 17, and forward Adrian O'Dowd, made their first appearances in the Villa squad.

🟩 14 September 1977, Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe, Villa Park.

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Game #3448

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Charles Corver | 🇳🇱 | Leiden, 1972-1983
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #7 |
Manager Game | #166 |
Wednesday, 14 September 1977

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 12’ | John Deehan | 34' | 66' | Brian Little | 80' |

Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 12' | Dennis Mortimer | 34' | Brian Little | 66' | Andy Gray | 80' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Radmilo Ivančević | 🇷🇸 |
LB Cem Pamiroğlu | 🇹🇷 |
LB Yenal Kaçıra | 🇹🇷 |
LB Coşkun Demirbakan | 🇹🇷 |
CB Radomir Antić | 🇷🇸 |
CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Alpaslan Eratlı | 🇹🇷 | 🔁 |
M Önder Mustafaoğlu | 🇹🇷 |
W Tuna Güneysu | 🇹🇷 |
W Şevki Şenlen | 🇹🇷 |
CF Cemil Turan | 🇹🇷 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Onur Kayador | 🇹🇷 | (D Zafer Göncüler | 🇹🇷 |)
🔁 | CB Alpaslan Eratlı | 🇹🇷 | (CF Aydın Çelik | 🇹🇷 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Fuat Güngör | 🇹🇷 |
CB Oğuz Konukaydın | 🇹🇷 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 12’ Goal, Andy Gray, Assist by Alex Cropley
⚽ | 34’ Goal, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Fenerbahçe S.K.
⚽ | 66’ Goal, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 80’ Goal, Brian Little, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe S.K.

On This Day

  • Villa face Fenerbahçe for the first time in competitive football, Fenerbahçe become the 112th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s second continental European opponents and their first from Turkey.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa put Fenerbahçe to the sword in the UEFA Cup 1st Round to make it four unbeaten in all competitions.

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