Game #3488
Aston Villa
13-9-13, 35 PTS
Wednesday, 5 April 1978
Lost
10th= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 44,215
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
23-8-3, 54 PTS
Aston Villa
0-1
Nottingham Forest
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa play Championship chasing Forest off the park but lose to a late, undeserved strike. Villa had now lost to the two main championship protagonists in successive games but where Liverpool were sublime, in control and in second gear for their victory over Ron Saunders’ side, Forest were simply lucky. And yes, yet again the referee refused Villa a blatant penalty after Forest’s Kenny Burns handled on the line to prevent Gordon Cowans’ goal bound shot reaching the net. That came just five minutes after his ignoring of the legitimate claims for a penalty as Larry Lloyd barged Andy Gray off the ball in the area.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 5 April 1978
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
💥 | 76’ Referee Hughes fails to award a penalty for a blatant barge in the penalty area
💥 | 76’ Referee Hughes fails to award a penalty for a blatant handball on the line
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Tony Woodcock
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Nottingham Forest
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa, without a win in four, make it thirteen wins, nine draws and thirteen defeats in thirty five division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Nottingham Forest
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #206 |
Wednesday, 5 April 1978
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Edward Hughes | 🏴 | Weston-Super-Mare, 1976-1979 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 206 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 53 🟥 58 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Edward Hughes | 🏴 | Weston-Super-Mare, 1976-1979 🆘
🆘 Failed to award two blatant penalties and waved away legitimate protests before Forest's late goal.
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ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Nottingham Forest
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TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.70 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.17 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 19.45 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
LB Colin Barrett | 🏴 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
W John Robertson | 🏴 |
F John O'Hare | 🏴 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
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 | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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