Aston Villa

Youth

Saturday, 8 April 1978

1977-78

Won

3-2

Bristol Rovers

Youth

Midland Intermediate League Cup

🟩 8 Apr 1978 Villa 3-2 Bristol Rovers

Scorer(s): Flynn, Tony Gilbert, Own Goal

Line Up & Subs

Line Up & Subs:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Duncan Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Beech | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Tony Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Pennington
McCormack
Flynn
F Alan Ollis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
F Adrian Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused

Unused:
None

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

1977-78

Reserve Team Squad

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #577 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Blyth Spartans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #594 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

D Ian Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defender

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1979

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #562 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2004

M Glenn Beech | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Spalding United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #601 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Worcester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2023

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #595 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Chester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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

Forward

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Aylesbury United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

Knight

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #567 |

Goalkeeper

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Coventry City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2025

CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #593 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Brighouse Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Charlie Young | 🇨🇾 | #585 |

Centre Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Gillingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB Martin Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Cambridge United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M John Capaldi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Armitage 90 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #589 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Bolton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #597 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

FinnPa 🇫🇮 Retired

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #579 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Alan Ollis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Luton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

Smart

Unknown

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Without Club since 1978

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

LB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #586 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Gillingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #598 |

Full Back

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Bradford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ian Hendry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Hereford United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #588 |

Midfielder

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening 🇫🇮 Retired

F Tommy Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

Reserve League

Where are they now?

Farsley Celtic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #596 |

Forward

Peak Villa:

First Team

Where are they now?

Ernest Borel 🇭🇰 Died 2024

Aston Villa

Youth

Saturday, 8 April 1978

Won

3-2

Bristol Rovers

Youth

Midland Intermediate League Cup

Scorer(s): Flynn, Tony Gilbert, Own Goal

​

Line Up & Subs

Unused

On This Day

Match Media

1977-78

Youth Team Squad

GK Mark Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Riando

CB Charlie Young | 🇨🇾 | #585 |

D Neil Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FB Martin Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Glenn Beech | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M John Capaldi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #596 |

Briggs

Close

Gray

Hodgson

John Adkins

McKenna

Niemi

Pennington

Richardson

Thomson

White

GK Neil Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

D Duncan Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #598 |

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #601 |

M Ian Hendry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Unused Sub |

M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #597 |

F Adrian Pugh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

CF Keith Leonard (Coach) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Cheshire

Deans

Hay

Horne

Lilly

Neal

Olah

Pratt

Robson

Tony Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #599 |

D Ian Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #617 |

M David T Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #587 |

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #588 |

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #613 |

F Alan Ollis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alistair Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Clark

Flynn

Heatherington

Högström

McCormack

Newman

Pearce

Proctor

Sherwood

Tovey

1977-78

Reserve Team Squad

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #577 |

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #594 |

D Ian Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #562 |