Aston Villa

7-10-5, 24 PTS

Wednesday, 31 January 1979

1978-79

9th (-)

Drew

1-1

Everton

12-10-1, 34 PTS

Division One

Goodison Park

Attendance: 29,079

🟨 31 Jan 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison

Scorer(s) | Gary Shelton | 49' |

Assist(s) | None

Fixture List

🟩 19 Aug 1978, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 23 Aug 1978, Villa 4-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Division One

🟥 26 Aug 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

Division One

🟩 30 Aug 1978, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

League Cup

🟨 2 Sep 1978, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

Division One

🟨 16 Sep 1978, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 23 Sep 1978, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road

Division One

🟥 30 Sep 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park

League Cup

🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury

Division One

🟨 10 Oct 1978, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst

League Cup

🟨 14 Oct 1978, Villa 2-2 United, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road

League Cup

🟩 21 Oct 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'

Division One

🟥 27 Oct 1978, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 4 Nov 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park

League Cup

🟩 11 Nov 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux

Division One

🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 21 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

Division One

🟨 25 Nov 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, Hawthorns

Division One

🟩 9 Dec 1978, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Division One

🟨 16 Dec 1978, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 23 Dec 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground

Division One

🟨 26 Dec 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 10 Jan 1979, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground

FA Cup

🟨 31 Jan 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison

Division One

🟨 24 Feb 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

Division One

🟩 3 Mar 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 10 Mar 1979, Villa 0-2 Boro, Ayresome

Division One

🟩 20 Mar 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 24 Mar 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 28 Mar 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 4 Apr 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground

Division One

🟨 7 Apr 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road

Division One

🟨 11 Apr 1979, Villa 3-3 Derby, Villa Park

Division One

🟥 14 Apr 1979, Villa 0-1 Leeds, Elland Road

Division One

🟩 16 Apr 1979, Villa 3-1 Liverpool, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 21 Apr 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road

Division One

🟩 25 Apr 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 28 Apr 1979, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 2 May 1979, Villa 2-2 Ipswich, Villa Park

Division One

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden

Division One

🟥 8 May 1979, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield

Division One

🟥 11 May 1979, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

Division One

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road

Division One

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Game #3523

Match Record

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #241 |
Wednesday, 31 January 1979

Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1974-1982
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

Head to Head

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Total 🕒 142 | 🟩 W54 (38% ) | 🟨 D32 | 🇺(61% ) | 🟥 L56 (39% ) | ⚽ 233 | 🥅 239 | GD -6

Trophy Cabinet

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Everton

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1969-70

Squad News

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

Match Timeline

Officials

Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1974-1982
Linesmen: J. J. Cunningham (Preston); B. Davies (Clwyd)

Officials

Referee Profile

VAR Profile (Post 2021)

Officials

Villa Bookings

🟨 Dennis Mortimer, Foul (4)

Villa Sendings Off

None

Opposition Bookings

🟨 Colin Todd
🟨 Trevor Ross

Opposition Sendings Off

None

Match Stats

Not recorded

Line Up & Subs

Aston Villa

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 83' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Everton

Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mickey Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

RB Neil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Aston Villa

Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Gary Shelton replaces John Deehan.

Everton

Not Recorded

Matchday Squads

Aston Villa

Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Everton

Goalkeepers
GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Defenders
D Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Neil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mickey Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Match Media

What they Said

“Before the game we would have settled for a draw.

“But after looking back at the 90 minutes we must consider ourselves unlucky not to have taken both points.

"In fact it could be said that we threw away a point because we had played so well.

“Naturally we are disappointed but the overall performance was great considering we hadn't played a fortnight."

Dennis Mortimer.

Despite having not played a League match for more than five weeks Villa are still plagued by injuries. Kenny Swain, travels as their only recognised striker with Andy Gray and Brian Little ruled out through injury and John Deehan under suspension. Villa's spell of inactivity - they have played only one game since Boxing Day was described by manager Ron Saunders yesterday as "nail-biting" and has done nothing to clear up the niggling stomach muscle strain suffered by Little.

After a period of complete rest, Little returned to action in a practice match against Sheffield United last week but was able to play for just 45 minutes before the pain returned.

Gray had a cartilage operation three weeks ago and is unlikely to be fit enough to make his comeback for at least another month so Saunders will almost certainly be forced to select an untried combination of front runners at Goodison Park.

Saunders has named a 13-strong squad for the game and included Alex Cropley, who has not played a full first team match since breaking a leg in the First Division derby against Albion on December 10, 1977, his only League action since the injury was a seven minute appearance. also as a substitute. against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in December.

Teenagers Gary Shaw and Gary Shelton are also included in the party but Joe Ward is not thought to have attained First Division fitness yet and was nut considered.

Match Highlights

Team Selection

Goalkeeper

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

Defenders

RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

218

✅

217

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Midfielders

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

150

✅

150

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Forwards

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

✅

⚽

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

Substitutes

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

⛔

🥅

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🕒

🔁

⚽

Sub 1

🔥

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None

🕒

🔁

⚽

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

1978-79

First Team Squad

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #591 |

Goalkeeper

Where are they now?

Hamrun Spartans 🇲🇹 Retired

CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #593 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Brighouse Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #598 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Bradford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #602 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #580 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Birmingham City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #588 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening 🇫🇮 Retired

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Hibernian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Retired

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #578 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Cheltenham Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Joe Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #603 |

Forward

Where are they now?

St Johnstone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Retired

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #594 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #590 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Sheffield United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #583 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Barnet 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Died 2014

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #584 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Portsmouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #595 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Chester City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #589 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Bolton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #569 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Altrincham FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #555 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Aston Villa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #579 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Barnsley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #599 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Wigan Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | #572 |

Centre Back

Where are they now?

Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #560 |

Full Back

Where are they now?

Darlington FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #601 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Walsall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

Burnley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #597 |

Midfielder

Where are they now?

FinnPa 🇫🇮 Retired

W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #600 |

Winger

Where are they now?

Torquay United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #596 |

Forward

Where are they now?

Ernest Borel 🇭🇰 Died 2024

F Kevin Ready | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Unused Sub |

Forward

Where are they now?

Bromsgrove Rovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Retired

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