Game #3506
Aston Villa
3-3-3, 9 PTS
Saturday, 7 October 1978
Drew
10th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Arsenal
3-3-3, 9 PTS
Highbury
Attendance: 34,537
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
Arsenal
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 84' |
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 October 1978
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Alan Sunderland
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 1-1, John Gregory, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Pulling back
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
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 October 1978
With Villa’s injury crisis not improving the club applied to the League to postpone their weekend fixture with Arsenal only for the League’s Alan Hardaker to refuse the request out of hand.
To compound the insult Hardaker visited Highbury to watch a decimated Villa, forced to field players carrying injury and barely fit, face off against a full strength Arsenal side.
Happily for Villa, Arsenal were awful and John Gregory’s 🏴 late equaliser gave Villa a deserved point to help them climb to 10th in the table.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa end a run of two league defeats to make it 🟩 three wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 three defeats in 🕒 nine division one games this season.
Meanwhile, 18 year old midfielder Ian Hendry 🏴 makes his first appearance in the Villa squad having joined from Eastercraigs 🏴.
Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 40th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 134th appearance at a rate of one every 3.35 games.
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
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
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #224 |
Saturday, 7 October 1978
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🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴 | Poole, 1978-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 224 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 | 58 🟥 62 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴 | Poole, 1978-1983
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Ken McNaught, Pulling back
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Leighton Phillips replaces Gary Shelton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.23 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.68 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.82 |
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
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 Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Terry Neill | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴 |
M David Price | 🏴 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Ian Hendry 🏴
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F John Kosmina | 🇦🇺 |
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
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
M Ian Hendry 🏴 | 1 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/12
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury