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Game #3484

Aston Villa

13-7-11, 33 PTS

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Tuesday, 21 March 1978

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982
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Substitutes:

🔁 | F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨 Gordon Smith, Foul

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Matchday Squad:

Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Andy Gray replaces John Deehan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.96 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.13 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.41 |

  • Villa cruise into a three goal lead at Highfield Road but a late fightback from former Villan Bobby McDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 sees Coventry score twice but Villa hold on for a second successive League victory.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win successive games to make it 🟩 thirteen wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty one division one games this season.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 25th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 112th appearance.

  • Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 42nd appearance.

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Won

3-2

🟩 21 March 1978, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 34' | Ken McNaught | 40' | Andy Gray | 69' |

Assist(s) | John Gregory | 34' | Dennis Mortimer | 40' | John Gidman | 69' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Gregory
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 2-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 3-0, Andy Gray, Assist by John Gidman
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 3-1, (Coventry City), Bobby McDonald
🟨 | 77’ Booking, Gordon Smith, Foul
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 3-2, (Coventry City), Bobby McDonald
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-3 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Frank Carrodus, Sub on, John Deehan

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #202 |
Tuesday, 21 March 1978

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1974-1986
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1974-1986

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 13 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 19 | 🥅 12 |
League 🕒 10 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 13 | 🥅 10 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 7 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 4 |
Away 🕒 6 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 8 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 202 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 51 🟥 56 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
43
🟩
19
🟨
3
43
🟨
10
🟥
0
0
🟥
14
0
🥅
15
46
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
186
🟩
78
🟨
13
185
🟨
55
🟥
3
6
🟥
53
26
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
42
🟩
19
🟨
2
42
🟨
10
🟥
0
5
🟥
13
2
CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
162
🟩
76
🟨
12
158
🟨
39
🟥
2
4
🟥
47
3
RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
78
🟩
39
🟨
3
75
🟨
15
🟥
0
0
🟥
24
5
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
59
🟩
27
🟨
0
45
🟨
13
🟥
0
6
🟥
19
3
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
176
🟩
83
🟨
3
176
🟨
46
🟥
0
8
🟥
47
11
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
227
🟩
105
🟨
0
220
🟨
59
🟥
0
71
🟥
63
48
3
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
112
🟩
53
🟨
3
112
🟨
29
🟥
0
7
🟥
30
25
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
25
🟩
8
🟨
0
22
🟨
6
🟥
0
3
🟥
11
2
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
112
🟩
46
🟨
3
111
🟨
33
🟥
0
59
🟥
33
13
CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
91
🟩
42
🟨
3
3
🟨
23
🟥
0
37
🟥
26
7
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Coventry City

15-8-9, 38 PTS

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Highfield Road

Attendance: 30,957

GK Jim Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Holton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M John Beck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Donal Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

CB Keith Osgood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 🟨

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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