Game #3538
Aston Villa
14-14-9, 42 PTS
Saturday, 28 April 1979
Won
8th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 29,219
Chelsea
Villa Park
5-8-26, 18 PTS
Aston Villa
2-1
Chelsea
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa concede a lackadaisical early goal for the second successive game before once again fighting back in the second half to secure a fourth successive League win and climb back to 8th in the table.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 April 1979
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Tommy Langley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Graham Wilkins
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 2-1, Kenny Swain
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa record four successive victories for the first time this season to make it fourteen wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in thirty seven division one games.
Aston Villa
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Chelsea
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71
FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #256 |
Saturday, 28 April 1979
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Lloyd | 🏴 | Worcester, 1974-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 256 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 | 70 🟥 70 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Derek Lloyd | 🏴 | Worcester, 1974-1983
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Chelsea
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Allan Evans replaces Brendan Ormsby.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.19 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.23 |
Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 19.07 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
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
Danny Blanchflower (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
Chelsea
GK Peter Bonetti | 🏴 |
RB Graham Wilkins | 🏴 |
CB Micky Droy | 🏴 |
CB Gary Chivers | 🏴 |
CB Ron Harris | 🏴 |
M Eamonn Bannon | 🏴 |
M Gary Stanley | 🏴 |
M Mike Fillery | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ray Wilkins | 🏴 |
W Clive Walker | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Langley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Mike Fillery | 🏴 | (CF Trevor Aylott | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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 | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Our defence went for their usual early game nap and they might well have been punished again for some of their sloppy errors.
"But youngsters are bound to make mistakes at some stage or other and they did well to come back to take both points. They cannot be faulted on that score.
"The trouble was that some of them were trying to be too clever on the ball, showing off their skills, and this left several Chelsea players with space in which to raid."
Ron Saunders.
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