Aston Villa

18-10-13, 46 PTS

Saturday, 29 April 1978

1977-78

8th= (+1)

Won

6-1

Ipswich Town

11-13-17, 35 PTS

Division One

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,955

🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 14' | 45' | Andy Gray | 17' | Brian Little | 23' | Frank Carrodus | 53' | Gordon Cowans | 68' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 14' | Brian Little | 17' | 45' | 53' | John Deehan | 23' | Andy Gray | 68' |

Fixture List

🟩 20 Aug 1977, Villa 2-1 QPR, Loftus Road

Division One

🟥 24 Aug 1977, Villa 1-4 Manchester City, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 27 Aug 1977, Villa 1-2 Everton, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 31 Aug 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James'

League Cup

🟨 3 Sep 1977, Villa 1-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

Division One

🟩 10 Sep 1977, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 14 Sep 1977, Villa 4-0 Fenerbahçe, Villa Park

UEFA Cup

🟥 17 Sep 1977, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground

Division One

🟩 23 Sep 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 28 Sep 1977, Villa 2-0 Fenerbahçe, Şükrü Saracoğlu

UEFA Cup

🟥 1 Oct 1977, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 5 Oct 1977, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road

Division One

🟩 8 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street

Division One

🟩 15 Oct 1977, Villa 3-0 Norwich, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 19 Oct 1977, Villa 2-0 Górnik, Villa Park

UEFA Cup

🟨 22 Oct 1977, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park

Division One

🟩 26 Oct 1977, Villa 1-0 QPR, Villa Park

League Cup

🟩 29 Oct 1977, Villa 2-1 United, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 2 Nov 1977, Villa 1-1 Górnik, Górnik

UEFA Cup

🟩 5 Nov 1977, Villa 2-1 Liverpool, Anfield

Division One

🟥 12 Nov 1977, Villa 0-1 Boro, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 19 Nov 1977, Villa 0-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Division One

🟩 23 Nov 1977, Villa 2-0 Bilbao, Villa Park

UEFA Cup

🟥 29 Nov 1977, Villa 2-4 Forest, City Ground

League Cup

🟥 3 Dec 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

Division One

🟨 7 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Bilbao, San Mamés

UEFA Cup

🟩 10 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Albion, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 17 Dec 1977, Villa 0-1 Boro, Ayresome

Division One

🟨 26 Dec 1977, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 27 Dec 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground

Division One

🟥 31 Dec 1977, Villa 0-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

Division One

🟨 2 Jan 1978, Villa 1-1 QPR, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 7 Jan 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison

FA Cup

🟥 14 Jan 1978, Villa 0-1 Everton, Goodison

Division One

🟩 28 Jan 1978, Villa 1-0 Bristol City, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 4 Feb 1978, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury

Division One

🟥 25 Feb 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

Division One

🟨 1 Mar 1978, Villa 2-2 Barcelona, Villa Park

UEFA Cup

🟨 4 Mar 1978, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 11 Mar 1978, Villa 1-2 Norwich, Carrow Road

Division One

🟥 15 Mar 1978, Villa 1-2 Barcelona, Camp Nou

UEFA Cup

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 21 March 1978, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Division One

🟨 25 Mar 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park

Division One

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

Division One

🟥 1 Apr 1978, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 5 Apr 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'

Division One

🟩 15 Apr 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 17 Apr 1978, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 22 Apr 1978, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

Division One

🟩 26 Apr 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux

Division One

On This Day

Saturday, 29 April 1978

Villa record their fifth successive victory as they destroy Ipswich at Villa Park, humiliating the FA Cup finalists to climb back to 8th in the table.
With one game remaining a 7th placed finish is still possible for Villa and can be secured with victory at relegation threatened Wolves in the final match of the season.
Villa make it 🟩 eighteen wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 forty one division one games this season under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.
With one goal in his 🕒 previous 28 games, midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores for the fourth time in 🕒 five matches to make it 🕒 68 Appearances, 54 Starts, 🟩 W32 🟨 D15 🟥 L21, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.86 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Centre forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 50th goal involvements in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 101st appearance (97 Starts) and now has ⚽ 42 goals and 🔥 10 Assists at a rate of one every 1.94 games.

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 212 | 🟩 | 100 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Game #3494

Match Record

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #212 |
Saturday, 29 April 1978

Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gwyn Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Anglesey, 1978-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Total 🕒 20 | 🟩 W6 (30% ) | 🟨 D5 | 🇺(55% ) | 🟥 L9 (45% ) | ⚽ 36 | 🥅 33 | GD 3

Trophy Cabinet

Aston Villa

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

Ipswich Town

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Deehan
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 4-0, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 5-0, Frank Carrodus, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 6-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Andy Gray
🥅 | 89' Goal, 6-1, (Ipswich Town), Trevor Whymark
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-1 Ipswich Town

Officials

Referee: Gwyn Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Anglesey, 1978-1981
Linesmen: G. J. Napthine (Sileby); D. Woodward (Welland)

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

None

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Bookings

None

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Match Stats

Not recorded

Line Up & Subs

Aston Villa

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ipswich Town

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK Paul Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Roger Osborne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Aston Villa

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

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Ipswich Town

Not Recorded

Matchday Squads

Aston Villa

Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Ipswich Town

Goalkeepers
GK Paul Overton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Wingers
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF David Geddis (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Roger Osborne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Media

What they Said

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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✅

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🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

Defenders

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

195

✅

194

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

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RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Midfielders

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

122

✅

122

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

186

✅

186

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

121

✅

120

⚽

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🟨

🟥

Forwards

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

101

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

237

✅

230

⚽

🔥

🟩

110

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

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GK Sub

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None

🕒

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Sub 1

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None

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Sub 4

🟩

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None

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Sub 2

🟩

🟨

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None

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⚽

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Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

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⚽

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Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1977-78

First Team Squad

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #567 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Coventry City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2025

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #594 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #593 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Brighouse Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #598 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Bradford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #562 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2004

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #580 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Birmingham City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #588 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening 🇫🇮 Retired

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #569 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Altrincham FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #555 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #591 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Hamrun Spartans 🇲🇹 Retired

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #599 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Wigan Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #590 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #583 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Barnet 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2014

LB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #586 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Gillingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #595 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Chester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #589 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bolton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Adrian O'Dowd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aylesbury United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #579 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #577 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Blyth Spartans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Charlie Young | 🇨🇾 | #585 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Gillingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #572 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #560 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #584 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Portsmouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Hibernian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Retired

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #578 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Cheltenham Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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