Game #3481
Aston Villa
11-7-11, 29 PTS
Saturday, 11 March 1978
Lost
11th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 19,031
Norwich City
Carrow Road
10-13-8, 33 PTS
John Gregory scores his first for Villa and the returning John Gidman nearly grabs the equaliser in the dying seconds but Villa are undone on the eve of their UEFA Cup Quarter Final by a disputed penalty at Carrow Road.
Norwich City
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Smith | 87' |
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Saturday, 11 March 1978
🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Kevin Reeves
🕒 | HT Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, John Gregory
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-2, (Norwich City, pen), John Ryan
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 2-1, John Gregory, Assist by Gordon Smith
🕒 | FT Norwich City 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Tommy Craig, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Gordon Smith
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it eleven wins, seven draws and eleven defeats in twenty nine division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Norwich City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62
FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Saturday, 11 March 1978
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 199 | 🟩 | 93 🟨 | 51 🟥 55 | 1.66
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Ken Salmon
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Norwich City
🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
John Gidman and Tommy Craig replace Gordon Cowans and John Gregory.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.28 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.10 |
Youngest Player |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 20.61 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
John Bond | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🟨 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
Norwich City
GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴 |
CB David Jones | 🏴 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Martin Peters | 🏴 |
M Mick McGuire | 🏴 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴 |
F Keith Robson | 🏴 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴 | ⚽ | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 64' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Greg Downs | 🏴 |
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Technically I suppose it was a foul, and consequently they got a penalty for it."
Ron Saunders.
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