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Game #3509

Monday, 16 October 1978

Attendance: 25,445

Won

League Cup 3rd Round 2nd Replay

3rd Round

Crystal Palace

DDDDW

Highfield Road

Villa finally beat Palace at the third attempt as Andy Gray hits a brace and John Gregory his fourth in four games with Brian Little running the show and 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.

Aston Villa

3-0

Crystal Palace

Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 19' | Brian Little | 31' | Tommy Craig | 71' |

KEY MAN

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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

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa beat second division high flyers Palace in the League Cup third round at the third attempt. Meanwhile, 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.

Aston Villa

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 | #14 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Monday, 16 October 1978

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | DDDDW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

CARDS

Villa

None

Crystal Palace

🟨 |

Unknown

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 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders

Aston Villa

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 |
CF Andy Gray |
F Brian Little |

Crystal Palace

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Allan Evans |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
Alex Cropley |
Gordon Smith |
Gordon Cowans |
Gary Shelton |
John Deehan |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"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.

*Birmingham Daily Post*
Tuesday, 17 October 1978