Game #3478
Saturday, 25 February 1978
Attendance: 33,679
Lost
Division One
10th= (-2)
Birmingham City
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
St Andrew's
Another three week lay off and Villa have the pleasure of a visit to neighbours Birmingham and to the shock of everyone present lose a game that saw the home side utterly outclassed.
Birmingham City
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
30’ Sub off, John Gidman, Sub on, John Gregory
HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
58’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Trevor Francis
FT Birmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it eleven wins, six draws and ten defeats in twenty seven division one games this season.
Aston Villa
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham City: | 🟩 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #196 |
Saturday, 25 February 1978
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
CARDS
Villa
None
Birmingham City
None
TEAM NEWS
John Gidman replaces John Gregory.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.05 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 30.06 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 19.35 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
CB Ken McNaught |
FB Gordon Smith |
RB John Gidman |
M Tommy Craig |
M Leighton Phillips |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Dennis Mortimer |
W Frank Carrodus |
F Brian Little |
F John Deehan |
Birmingham City
Montgomery, Styles, Howard, Gallagher, Calderwood, Dillon, Hibbitt, Towers, Francis (g), Bertschin, Fox (Page). Manager: Alf Ramsey.
SUBSTITUTES
M John Gregory for RB John Gidman | 30' |
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
John Robson |
Alex Cropley |
Andy Gray |
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
"Unbelievable.
“There is no logic for it.
“We hit the post and bar four times.
“If we could have scored once we would surely have won by five or six goals.
“[Goalkeeper Jim Montgomery] made three or four magnificent ;ayes and he undoubtedly won the game for them.
Ron Saunders.
“The result was a joke. It was robbery.”
*Birmingham Daily Post*Monday, 27 February 1978
*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 27 February 1978