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
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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
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
PROGRAMME
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