BEER'S GOAL WINS THE REPLAY

Now for Aston Villa

Tuesday August 23rd 1977.

Home Park, Plymouth, attendance 8,776.

PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 0 EXETER CITY 1.

There were just eight minutes of this match left when Hodge produced a piece of sheer soccer artistry. He was out on the right wing and looked as if he was going to play the ball back to Templeman. Instead he checked, turned, eluded two Argyle players, moved forward and hit the ball across to Beer, who ended the move with a brilliant shot into the Plymouth net. The City thoroughly deserved their victory. They were by a long way the better side, and in the first half in particular they played some powerful and clever football.

Plymouth Argyle:- Barron; Smart and Uzzell; Horswill, Foster, and Craven;
Johnson, Delve, Austin, Trusson, and Rogers.

Exeter City:- Baugh; Templeman and Hore; Weeks, Saxton, and Hatch; Hodge, Kellow, Bowker, Beer, and Jennings.

So Exeter won their first round replay and now comes that glamorous tie against the cup holders, Aston Villa, at St James's Park, next Wednesday, and a bumper cash start to the season for the City. Brian Hall replaced Austin for the Argyle in the 75th minute, and Lammie Robertson came on for Weeks ten minutes later.