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Game #3474

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 January 1978

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Everton

Goodison Park

Attendance: 46,320

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

Everton

4-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 January 1978

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 1-0, (Everton), Andy King
🟨 | 25’ Booking, Leighton Phillips, Dissent
🥅 | 25’ Goal, 2-0, (Everton, pen), Trevor Ross
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 3-0, (Everton), Duncan McKenzie
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Everton 3-1, Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 4-1, (Everton), Bob Latchford
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, Frank Carrodus, Sub on, John Deehan
🟥 | 87’ Sending off, Leighton Phillips, “Gesture”
🕒 | FT Everton 4-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 January 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa are knocked out of the FA Cup after being resoundingly beaten at Goodison.

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Everton

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

Aston Villa

Everton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #192 |
Saturday, 7 January 1978

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🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 192 | 🟩 | 91 🟨 | 49 🟥 52 | 1.68

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 4
🆘 Typical refereeing from Thomas, as always self importance is placed above impartiality.
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 29 November 1977, Villa 2-4 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟥 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 🟨

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None

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Frank Carrodus replaces John Deehan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.76 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 29.93 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.21 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Terry Darracott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 58' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Dave Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"How could I have turned a blind eye to Leighton Phillip's dissenting gesture? If I had done I could not have walked out of the ground an honest man." Referee Clive Thomas.
Quotes

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 7 January 1978, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

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