Villa vs.
Fenerbahçe
🟩 28 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Fenerbahçe, Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.
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
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 | 🏴 |
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
Villa beat Fenerbahçe 🇹🇷 in the mud of Istanbul to secure a 6-0 aggregate win in the UEFA Cup but goalscorer John Deehan 🏴 becomes the latest injury casualty after suffering concussion.
Midfielder Alex Cropley 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴 17 and forward Adrian O'Dowd made their first appearances in a Villa squad.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 110th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 196th appearance (189 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W93 🟨 D51 🟥 L52, ⚽ 65 Goals and 🔥 45 Assists at a rate of one every 1.78 games.
🟩 14 September 1977, Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe, Villa Park.
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
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 | 🏴 |
RB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
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 destroy Fenerbahçe in the first round of the UEFA Cup, scoring four and hitting the woodwork on three occasions and leaving the opposition to resort to rugby tackles to stymie Villa's attacking prowess.
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.