Game #3515
Aston Villa
6-5-4, 17 PTS
Saturday, 18 November 1978
7th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 89' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
Ivor Linton replaces the injured Brian Little.
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.89 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.79 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.93 |
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.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa 🟩 win consecutive matches to make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 fifteen division one games this season.
Full back / midfielder Colin Gibson 🏴 18 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 601st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Won
2-0
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 59' | Gordon Cowans | 70' |
Assist(s) | Gary Shelton | 59' | 70' |
Match Timeline:
🕒 | 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
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #233 |
Saturday, 18 November 1978
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴 | Chorley, 1978-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴 | Chorley, 1978-1985
Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | #601 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 233 | 🟩 | 108 🟨 | 61 🟥 64 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
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Division One
Bristol City
6-3-6, 15 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,621
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 | 🏴 | 🟥 |
Alan Dicks | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | M John Bain | 🏴 | (M Clive Whitehead | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“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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