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Game #3528

Tuesday, 20 March 1979

Attendance: 24,310

Won

Division One

8th (-)

Queens Park Rangers

DWWLW

Villa Park

Villa record their tenth win of an injury hit season thanks to Allan Evans’ fourth of the season, a spectacular volley from Dennis Mortimer and a John Gidman penalty but Villa have to overcome another thuggish opponent and poor refereeing to remain 8th in the table with five games in hand on 7th place.

Aston Villa

3-1

Queens Park Rangers

Assist(s) | John Gregory | 34' | Kenny Swain | 89' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

34’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by John Gregory
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
46’ Sub off, Brian Little, Sub on, Ivor Linton
72’ Goal, 2-0, John Gidman (pen)
89’ Goal, 3-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Kenny Swain
90’+ Goal, 3-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Clive Allen
FT Aston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa make it ten wins, eleven draws and six defeats in twenty seven division one games this season.

Aston Villa

Queens Park Rangers

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #246 |
Tuesday, 20 March 1979

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | George Flint, Kirkby-In-Ashfield |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWWLW |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Flint | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1973-1982
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Queens Park Rangers

None

George Flint

TEAM NEWS

John Gidman and Dennis Mortimer replace Ivor Linton and Alex Cropley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.63 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 31.13 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 18.27 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB John Gidman |
RB Kenny Swain |
RB Gary Williams |
CB Allan Evans |
M Dennis Mortimer |
M John Gregory |
M Tommy Craig |
M Gordon Cowans |
CF Andy Gray |
F Brian Little |

Queens Park Rangers

Richardson, Howe, Shanks, Gillard, Roeder, Clement, Hollins, Francis, Bowles, Eastoe (Allen (g)), Busby. Manager: Steve Burtenshaw.

SUBSTITUTES

M Ivor Linton for F Brian Little | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
Frank Carrodus |

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

*Birmingham Post*
Wednesday, 21 March 1979