Game #3509
Aston Villa
Monday, 16 October 1978
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
Team News
Dennis Mortimer and Brian Little replace John Deehan and Willie Young.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.70 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.84 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
🔴 W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 1974-78 🕒 197 | ✅ 197 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 0 | #569 |
Won
3-0
🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road
Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 19' | 71' | John Gregory | 31' |
Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 19' | Brian Little | 31' | Tommy Craig | 71' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Ken McNaught
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 2-0, John Gregory, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 3-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Tommy Craig
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Monday, 16 October 1978
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Head to Head
Total 🕒 13 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 23 | 🥅 13 |
League 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 9 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
League Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 7 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 15 | 🥅 7 |
Away 🕒 5 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 5 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 0 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 227 | 🟩 | 105 🟨 | 60 🟥 62 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
League Cup
Crystal Palace
Highfield Road
Attendance: 25,445
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 Ian Walsh | 🏴 |
CF Mike Elwiss | 🏴 |
Terry Venables | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 | (CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa beat Palace in the League Cup third round at the third attempt as Andy Gray 🏴 hits a brace and John Gregory 🏴 scores his fourth in four games with Brian Little 🏴 running the show.
Gray's 🏴 second goal something to behold - taking Tommy Craig's 🏴 difficult ball on the edge of the area, hoodwinking the defender before unleashing a brilliant 18 yard strike.
Winger Frank Carrodus made his final appearance for Villa aged aged due to injury before moving on to Wrexham in December 1979. Carrodus played for Villa between 1974-75 and 1978-79 making 196 appearances and scoring 6 goals.
Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 66th appearance.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 makes his 🕒 250th appearance in a Villa shirt (243 Starts) to make it 🟩 W115 🟨 D66 🟥 L69, ⚽ 75 Goals and 🔥 53 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.95 games.
What they Said
"For the first time I shall be able to select a team rather than the team select itself because of our shortage of fit players."
Ron Saunders as three of a team’s worth of injured players are due to return against Palace with Dennis Mortimer fit again after a knee injury, Brian Little after his operation and Allan Evans following suspension.