Game #3470
Monday, 26 December 1977
Attendance: 43,571
Drew
Division One
10th= (+1)
Coventry City
LDWLD
Villa Park
Villa fall behind on a terrible Villa Park playing surface that "resembles a beach" before equalising a minute later through John Deehan to earn a Boxing Day point.
Aston Villa
1-1
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 73' |
KEY MAN
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HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
72’ Goal, (Coventry City), Ian Wallace
73’ Goal, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it eight wins, five draws and seven defeats in twenty division one games this season.
Aston Villa
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Monday, 26 December 1977
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LDWLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
John Deehan replaces John Gidman.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 29.90 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 19.18 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
CB Ken McNaught |
FB Gordon Smith |
M Leighton Phillips |
M Gordon Cowans |
M John Gregory |
M Dennis Mortimer |
W Frank Carrodus |
CF Andy Gray |
F Brian Little |
F John Deehan |
Coventry City
Blyth, Oakey (Beck), Roberts, Coop, McDonald (ex), Powell, Yorath, Hutchison, Ferguson, Graydon (ex) Wallace (g). Manager: Gordon Milne.
SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
FB Mick Buttress |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
John Robson |
Alex Cropley |
Suspension | 1 |
John Gidman
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Coventry Evening Telegraph*
Wednesday, 28 December 1977