Game #3531
Aston Villa
10-12-8, 32 PTS
Wednesday, 4 April 1979
Lost
13th (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 27,056
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
14-14-2, 42 PTS
Nottingham Forest
4-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa hold their own in the first half without looking like they would threaten high flying Forest but are obliterated in the second half to leave them languishing in thirteenth in the table.
More worrying than the result and second half collapse were the murmuring behind the scenes of player problems.... not something Ron Saunders was ever going to allow to continue.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 4 April 1979
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Allan Evans o.g.
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Tony Woodcock
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-3, (Nottingham Forest), Trevor Francis
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-4, (Nottingham Forest), Martin O’Neill
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 4-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa suffer their heaviest defeat of the season to make it ten wins, twelve draws and eight defeats in thirty division one games this season.
Casualties abounded as the Forest debacle would prove to be centre forward Andy Gray’s final Villa appearance.
Villa had signed Gray from Dundee United for a fee of £110,000 as a 19 year old and he went on to represent Villa between 1975-76 and 1978-79 but was significantly out of favour with boss Ron Saunders in 1978-79 and ostracised in 1979-80 before his departure from the club to Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1979 for a fee of £1,469,000.
Also seeing his Villa career end was midfielder Tommy Craig who made his final appearance aged 26 before moving on to Swansea City in July 1979 for a fee of £150,000.
Villa had signed Craig from Newcastle United in January 1978 for £270,000 and he played for the club between 1977-78 and 1978-79 making 32 appearances and scoring twice.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Nottingham Forest
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1978-79
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #249 |
Wednesday, 4 April 1979
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | County Durham, 1966-1981
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 249 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 | 68 🟥 69 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | County Durham, 1966-1981
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Nottingham Forest
None
TEAM NEWS
John Gidman, Ken McNaught and Alex Cropley replace Gordon Cowans, Gary Williams and Ivor Linton.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.04 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.17 |
Youngest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 22.49 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
CB David Needham | 🏴 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
M John McGovern | 🏴 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W John Robertson | 🏴 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F John O'Hare | 🏴 |
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 | 1 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
🔴 CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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