Game #3505
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 4 October 1978
Drew
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
League Cup
Attendance: 30,690
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 41' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa looked to be coasting to a comfortable win against second tier Palace when former ‘keeper John Burridge who left the club seven months ago saved Tommy Craig’s spot kick before the referee awarded a disputed hand ball penalty for Palace to equalise the score. The referee went on to clamp down on dissent but continually overlooked the brutal challenges on and off the ball that Palace were inflicting on the home players. Ron Saunders didn’t need any more ammunition for his post match outburst.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 4 October 1978
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Ken McNaught
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
💥 | 60’ Missed penalty, Tommy Craig
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-1, (Crystal Palace, pen), Nick Chatterton
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Gary Shelton, Sub on, Leighton Phillips
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace
🟨 | Booking, John Gregory, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, John Deehan, Innocuous tackle
ON THIS DAY
Injury ravaged Villa can only draw with second division high flyers Palace in the League Cup third round ahead of a Selhurst Park replay.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Crystal Palace
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Crystal Palace
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #223 |
Wednesday, 4 October 1978
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1968-1979 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 223 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 | 57 🟥 62 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1968-1979 🆘
🆘 "Sometime justice sleeps"
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
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Crystal Palace
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Frank Carrodus replaces Gordon Cowans.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.45 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.67 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.81 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Terry Venables | 🏴 |
Crystal Palace
GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
M Nicky Chatterton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴 |
CF Mike Elwiss | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 82' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
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
“If that is what football is about them I don’t like football any more.
“I keep reading about what good football this side plays [Palace] and then that kind of thing happens.
“They tried to kick us off the park.
“I must be preaching the wrong thing here.
“Shelton was done four times before they finally got him.
“The way injuries are going for us at the moment we are going to have to close up shop and play our games off in the summer.
“It was not what was happening on the ball that bothered me - you expect that in football - it was that was going on off it.”
Ron Saunders.
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