Game #3470
Aston Villa
8-5-7, 21 PTS
Monday, 26 December 1977
10th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
LB Mick Buttress | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
Full Backs
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
Midfielders
LB Mick Buttress | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Drew
1-1
🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 73' |
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 73' |
Match Timeline
🕒 | 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
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #188 |
Monday, 26 December 1977
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Officials
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach
Linesmen: C. C. Brookes (Derbyshire); P. G. Daly (Barry)
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 12 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 10 |
League 🕒 9 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 8 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 7 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 4 |
Away 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 188 | 🟩 | 90 🟨 | 48 🟥 50 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 43,571
GK Jim Blyth | 🏴 |
RB Graham Oakey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
F Ray Graydon (ex) | 🏴 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 |
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | RB Graham Oakey | 🏴 | (M John Beck | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Jim Blyth | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Graham Oakey | 🏴 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴 |
Midfiedlers
M Barry Powell | 🏴 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
M John Beck | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Ray Graydon (ex) | 🏴 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
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.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it eight wins, five draws and seven defeats in twenty division one games this season.
What they Said