Game #3476
Aston Villa
10-6-9, 26 PTS
Saturday, 28 January 1978
Won
10th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 29,676
Bristol City
Villa Park
6-8-11, 20 PTS
Villa return after a two week break between games which allows injury recovery to progress and offers an opportunity for a hopeful reset of relations with more competent officials. Happily for once there was no refereeing controversy but instead a “dismal” game enlightened by one John Deehan goal, dismal was preferable to what had gone before mind you.
Aston Villa
1-0
Bristol City
Assist(s) | Brian Little | 80' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 January 1978
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tommy Craig
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa record only their second League win in seven to make it ten wins, six draws and nine defeats in twenty five division one games this season. Meanwhile, Midfielder Tommy Craig made his Villa debut after moving from Newcastle United for a club record fee of £250,000 earlier this month.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Bristol City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol City
Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #194 |
Saturday, 28 January 1978
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 194 | 🟩 | 92 🟨 | 49 🟥 53 | 1.68
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
Ray Lewis
CARDS
Villa
None
Bristol City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Leighton Phillips, Frank Carrodus and Tommy Craig (debut) replace Mick Buttress, Andy Gray and John Gregory.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 29.99 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 19.27 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Alan Dicks | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Bristol City
GK John Shaw | 🏴 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴 | (M Jimmy Mann | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"They had three good chances. But really their best ones came from our mistakes.”
Ron Saunders.
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