Game #3477
Aston Villa
11-6-9, 28 PTS
Saturday, 4 February 1978
8th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
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
Unavailable
Injury | 3 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
Team News
John Gregory replaces John Gidman.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.97 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.01 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 19.29 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
1-0
🟩 4 Feb 1978, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 22' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Malcolm MacDonald
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match-week | #26 |
Manager Game | #195 |
Saturday, 4 February 1978
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴 | Torquay, 1978-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴 | Torquay, 1978-1991
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 111 | 🟩 W50 (45% ) | 🟨 D20 | 🇺(63% ) | 🟥 L41 (37% ) | ⚽ 188 | 🥅 168 | GD 20
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 195 | 🟩 | 93 🟨 | 49 🟥 53 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Division One
Arsenal
14-5-8, 33 PTS
Highbury
Attendance: 30,127
GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴 |
M David Price | 🏴 |
M Alan Hudson | 🏴 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 |
CF Malcolm Macdonald | 🏴 |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |
Terry Neill | 🏴 |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
W Mark Heeley | 🏴 |
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: 1970–71
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa record successive League wins for the first time since November to make it eleven wins, six draws and nine defeats in twenty six division one games this season under Ron Saunders.
Played in terrible conditions that only the referee - and apparently Ron Saunders - believed was appropriate for football, Villa secure victory to move back to 8th in the table for the first time since November.
Gordon Cowans secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (38 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L17, 6 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Gary Shelton makes his first appearance in the Villa squad aged 19 after joining from Walsall in January for a fee of £60,000.
What they Said
"The goal was a bit fortunate but, at that stage we should have been ahead anyway because I thought we were a bit special in the first half.
"The conditions were bad but at no stage did I think the game should have been stopped.
“The continual rain kept the surface playable."
Ron Saunders.