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Aston Villa

Youth

Wednesday, 30 November 1977

1977-78

Lost

0-2

Orient

Southern Junior Floodlit Cup 2nd Round Replay

🟥 30 Nov 1977 Orient 2-0 Villa

Scorer(s): None

Fixture List

🟥 27 Aug 1977 Villa 0-3 Wolves

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 3 Sep 1977 Mansfield 4-1 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟨 10 Sep 1977 Bristol Rovers 4-4 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 24 Sep 1977 Shrewsbury 3-4 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 1 Oct 1977 Villa 3-2 Bristol Rovers

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 8 Oct 1977 Bristol City 0-3 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 15 Oct 1977 Villa 3-0 Derby

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 22 Oct 1977 Notts County 2-0 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 24 Oct 1977 Watford 0-4 Villa

Southern Junior Floodlit Cup 1st Round

🟩 29 Oct 1977 Villa 2-0 Forest

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 5 Nov 1977 Stoke 2-1 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 12 Nov 1977 Villa 0-1 Shrewsbury

Midland Intermediate League

🟨 14 Nov 1977 Villa 1-1 Orient

Southern Junior Floodlit Cup 2nd Round

🟩 19 Nov 1977 Wolves 2-3 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟨 26 Nov 1977 Derby 1-1 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 26 Nov 1977 Villa 1-0 Albion

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 30 Nov 1977 Orient 2-0 Villa

Southern Junior Floodlit Cup 2nd Round Replay

🟩 12 Dec 1977 Villa 8-0 Nuneaton

FA Youth Cup 2nd Round

🟥 17 Dec 1977 Villa 0-2 Walsall

Midland Intermediate League

🟨 31 Dec 1977 Villa 0-0 Port Vale

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 7 Jan 1978 Derby 3-1 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 16 Oct 1976 Villa 0-2 Port Vale

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 16 Jan 1978 Spurs 0-2 Villa

FA Youth Cup 3rd Round

🟨 21 Jan 1978 Forest 1-1 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟩 1 Feb 1978 Villa 2-1 Southampton

FA Youth Cup 4th Round

🟥 18 Feb 1978 Villa 1-4 Stoke

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 25 Feb 1978 Villa 1-5 Notts County

Midland Intermediate League

🟨 4 Mar 1978 Bristol City 3-3 Villa

Midland Intermediate League Cup

🟩 8 Mar 1978 Villa 2-0 Grimsby

FA Youth Cup Quarter Final

🟩 2 May 1977 Villa 1-0 Derby

Midland Intermediate League Cup

🟨 19 Apr 1977 Bolton 2-2 Villa

Midland Intermediate League Cup

🟩 28 Mar 1978 Villa 5-0 Bristol City

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 1 Apr 1978 Wolves 2-1 Villa

Midland Intermediate League Cup

🟩 4 Apr 1978 Burnley 1-3 Villa

FA Youth Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg

🟩 8 Apr 1978 Villa 3-2 Bristol Rovers

Midland Intermediate League Cup

🟩 10 Apr 1978 Villa 1-0 Burnley

FA Youth Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg

🟨 15 Apr 1978 Albion 0-0 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 18 Apr 1978 Port Vale 4-0 Villa

Midland Intermediate League

🟥 27 Apr 1978 Palace 1-0 Villa

FA Youth Cup Final

Line Up & Subs

Line Up & Subs:
GK Mark Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Neil Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Hendry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Capaldi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Ollis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused:
F Mark Rees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Martin Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

On This Day

Match Media

1977-78

Youth Team Squad

GK Mark Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Tamworth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Riando

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

CB Charlie Young | 🇨🇾 | #585 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Gillingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Neil Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Redditch United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB Martin Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Cambridge United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Glenn Beech | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Spalding United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M John Capaldi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Armitage 90 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Aylesbury United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #596 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Ernest Borel 🇭🇰 Died 2024

Briggs

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League Cup

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Close

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Gray

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Hodgson

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

John Adkins

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1977

McKenna

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Niemi

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Pennington

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Richardson

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Thomson

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

White

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

GK Neil Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Chesham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Sunderland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Duncan Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #598 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Bradford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #601 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ian Hendry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Hereford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #597 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

FinnPa 🇫🇮 Retired

F Adrian Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Tamworth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF Keith Leonard (Coach) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

Coach

Where are they now?

Aston Villa Staff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

Cheshire

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Deans

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Hay

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1977

Horne

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Lilly

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1977

Neal

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1977

Olah

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Pratt

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Robson

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Tony Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1979

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Forest Green Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #599 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Wigan Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Ian Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1979

RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #617 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Hereford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Worcester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2023

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #588 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening 🇫🇮 Retired

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #613 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Colchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2026

F Alan Ollis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Luton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

Alistair Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1979

Clark

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Flynn

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Heatherington

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1977

Högström

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

McCormack

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1979

Newman

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Pearce

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

Proctor

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1977

Sherwood

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1977

Tovey

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Intermediate League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

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