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Game #3490

Aston Villa

14-10-13, 38 PTS

Saturday, 15 April 1978

Aston Villa

2-0

Chelsea

Division One

Chelsea

9-12-16, 30 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,375

Won

10th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 55' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa beat Chelsea to record their first win in six League games but do so in front of their lowest crowd of the season - 27,375. Happily though there is no dodgy refereeing to spoil the entertainment.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 April 1978

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Stephen Wicks
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa, win for the first time in six to make it fourteen wins, ten draws and thirteen defeats in thirty seven division one games this season.

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #208 |
Saturday, 15 April 1978

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alex Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bridgwater, 1972-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 208 | 🟩 | 96 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alex Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bridgwater, 1972-1978
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 March 1976, Villa 0-0 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

John Gidman and Andy Gray replace Leighton Phillips and Gordon Smith.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.10 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.20 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.48 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Ken Shellito | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Peter Bonetti | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Graham Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Lewington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Davie Hay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Lee Frost | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Steve Finnieston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tommy Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Lee Frost | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Bill Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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

Suspension | 1 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

“We seem to be getting a lot more understanding and rhythm in out play. “It’s important that we sort ourselves out for the start of next season. “We knew it would be a hard game against Chelsea because they ended the points so badly so I think the lads tried that little but harder.” Brian Little. “It was a very good goal. He [Gordon Cowans] took it well. “We created a lot of chances and controlled 75 per cent of the play, therefore, I though we deserved the result.” Ron Saunders.

MATCH REPORT

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