Game #3505
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 4 October 1978
Drew
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
League Cup
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Attendance: 30,690
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-1
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 41' |
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
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
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 4 October 1978
Injury ravaged Villa can only 🟨 draw with second division high flyers Palace in the League Cup third round ahead of a Selhurst Park replay.
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.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 scores his ⚽ 75th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 248th appearance (241 Starts) to make it 🟩 W114 🟨 D65 🟥 L69, ⚽ 75 Goals and 🔥 52 Assists at a rate of one goal every 3.31 games.
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Total 🕒 11 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 13 |
League 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 9 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
League Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 7 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 15 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 5 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #223 |
Wednesday, 4 October 1978
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🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1971-1978
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 223 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 | 57 🟥 62 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴 | Cheshire, 1971-1978
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 John Gregory, Dissent
🟨 John Deehan, Innocuous tackle
CARDS
🟨
🆘 "Sometime justice sleeps"
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Frank Carrodus replaces Gordon Cowans.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.45 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.67 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.81 |
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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 | 🏴 |
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 82' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |
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
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴 | | 169 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 76 | 43 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park