Game #3515
Aston Villa
6-5-4, 17 PTS
Saturday, 18 November 1978
Won
7th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 27,621
Bristol City
Villa Park
6-3-6, 15 PTS
Villa win their first home game since the opening day with a brace of excellent goals from John Deehan and Gordon Cowans but the game is overshadowed by the thuggish play of the Bristol team who inflict GBH on Allan Evans before Joe Royle kicks the Villa defender in the back and walks off the pitch before being sent off.
Aston Villa
2-0
Bristol City
Assist(s) | Gary Shelton | 59' | 70' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 November 1978
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gary Shelton
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Gary Shelton
🟥 | 76’ Sending off, (Bristol City), Joe Royle
🔁 | 89' Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Colin Gibson 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa win consecutive matches to make it six wins, five draws and four defeats in fifteen division one games this season. Meanwhile, midfielder Colin Gibson made his Villa debut aged 18 after joining from school football in July 1976.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Bristol City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bristol City
Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #233 |
Saturday, 18 November 1978
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 233 | 🟩 | 108 🟨 | 61 🟥 64 | 1.65
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨
Norman Glover
CARDS
Villa
None
Bristol City
🟥 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ivor Linton replaces the injured Brian Little.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.89 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.79 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.93 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Alan Dicks | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Bristol City
GK John Shaw | 🏴 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴 |
M John Bain | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴 |
CF Kevin Mabbutt | 🏴 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴 | 🟥 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 89' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Bain | 🏴 | (M Clive Whitehead | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
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
🟢 M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“He [Allan Evans, playing on after being mowed down in the first half, off the field for four minutes, suffering a facial injury, sore thigh and five stitches in an ankle wound] was seeing double when I took him off.
“Considering we were without so many key players it was a tremendous performance, crowned by goals which were out of this world.
“We played with a lot of fire and concentration over the whole 90 minutes.
"Dennis Mortimer, Shelton and Deehan all did particularly well, and I was pleased with young Ivor Linton in his first full game.
“I know he was a bit anxious about it, but he did well and was always improving as the match went along."
Ron Saunders.
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