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Game #3486

Aston Villa

13-9-11, 35 PTS

Wednesday, 29 March 1978

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Drew

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division One

Manchester United

12-10-14, 32 PTS

Old Trafford

Attendance: 41,625

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

Manchester United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 71' |

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 29 March 1978

💥 | 42' Referee Willis awards a penalty against Jimmy Rimmer despite a clean challenge
💥 | 43’ Missed penalty, (Manchester United), Brian Greenhoff
🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
💥 | Referee Willis denies Villa a clear penalty
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United), Sammy McIlroy
💥 | 73' Referee Willis fails to send off Macari for a goal preventing foul
💥 | Referee Willis denies Villa a clear penalty for a second time
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Gordon Smith, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 29 March 1978
  • Villa extend their unbeaten League run to five games but again experience rough justice at Old Trafford as once more the standard of refereeing in the English top flight once again proves itself to be all too often appalling. Yet so poor was this latest showing from the official that incompetence looked less likely than malevolent intent.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa make it thirteen wins, nine draws and eleven defeats in thirty three division one games this season.

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
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Previous 5 vs. United: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #204 |
Wednesday, 29 March 1978

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🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1974-1982
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 204 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 53 🟥 56 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1974-1982

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Andy Gray, Dissent
🟨 Gordon Smith, Dissent

CARDS
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🟨

🆘 Inept handling of the game, awarding United a non-penalty for refusing Villa two clear penalties

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

John Deehan replaces John Gregory.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.68 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.15 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.43 |

Referee

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Alex Stepney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Stewart Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gordon McQueen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Stuart Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 29 Mar 1978, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

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