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Game #3492

Saturday, 22 April 1978

Attendance: 35,000

Won

Division One

9th (-)

West Bromwich Albion

LDWWW

The Hawthorns

Villa hammer Albion at the Hawthorns to make it three consecutive League wins as they come out of the match unscathed after the appallingly aggressive display from the hosts earlier in the season.

West Brom

0-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

25’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan
33’ Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans
40’ Goal, 3-0, Dennis Mortimer
HT West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa
FT West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa, win three successive games for the first time since October to make it sixteen wins, ten draws and thirteen defeats in thirty nine division one games this season.

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: | 🟥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #210 |
Saturday, 22 April 1978

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | William Gow, Swansea |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | LDWWW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Swansea, 1963-1978
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:

CARDS

Villa

None

West Bromwich Albion

None

John Gow

TEAM NEWS

John Gregory replaces Ken McNaught.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 30.22 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 19.50 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB John Gidman |
FB Gordon Smith |
CB Allan Evans |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Dennis Mortimer |
M John Gregory |
W Frank Carrodus |
F Brian Little |
F John Deehan |
CF Andy Gray |

West Bromwich Albion

Godden, Robertson, Mulligan (Wile), Statham, Robson, Cantello, Trewick, Brown A, Regis (ex), Brown T, Cunningham. Manager: Ron Atkinson.

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

D David Evans |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
John Robson |
Alex Cropley |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“We played well in the first half but when you are three goals ahead at the interval it is not always easy to get the bit between your teeth again.

“I was particularly pleased with John Gregory and Allan Evans, who cost us comparative peanuts.

“Meanwhile, mathematically we still have a chance of making Europe.”

Ron Saunders.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 24 April 1978