Game #3536
Aston Villa
12-14-9, 38 PTS
Saturday, 21 April 1979
Norwich City
1-2
Aston Villa
Division One
Norwich City
7-21-11, 35 PTS
Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,061
Won
10th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 13' | John Gidman | 72' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 April 1979
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shelton, Assist by Alex Cropley
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Justin Fashanu
🔁 | 40’ Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, Ivor Linton
🕒 | HT Norwich City 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-1, Alex Cropley, Assist by John Gidman
🕒 | FT Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa record successive victories to make it twelve wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in thirty five division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Norwich City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #254 |
Saturday, 21 April 1979
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Toseland | 🏴 | Kettering, 1971-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 254 | 🟩 | 114 🟨 | 70 🟥 70 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Toseland | 🏴 | Kettering, 1971-1981
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 October 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'.
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Gary Shelton replaces Allan Evans.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.35 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.21 |
Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 19.05 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Bond | 🏴 |
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Norwich City
GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴 |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴 |
LB Ian Davies | 🏴 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴 |
M Mick McGuire | 🏴 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴 |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 40' |
SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Keith Robson | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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