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Game #3478

Aston Villa

11-6-10, 28 PTS

Saturday, 25 February 1978

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Lost

10th= (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

10-4-14, 24 PTS

St Andrew's

Attendance: 33,679

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

Birmingham City

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 February 1978

🔁 | 30’ Sub off, John Gidman (Injury), Sub on, John Gregory
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Trevor Francis
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 February 1978

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

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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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

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #196 |
Saturday, 25 February 1978

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🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 196 | 🟩 | 93 🟨 | 49 🟥 54 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 August 1977, Villa 1-2 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Gidman replaces John Gregory.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.05 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.06 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.35 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alf Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Jimmy Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Archie Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pat Howard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Towers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Steve Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Malcolm Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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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

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Unbelievable. “There is no logic for it. “We hit the post and bar four times. “If we could have scored once we would surely have won by five or six goals. “[Goalkeeper Jim Montgomery] made three or four magnificent ;ayes and he undoubtedly won the game for them. Ron Saunders. “The result was a joke. It was robbery.” *Birmingham Daily Post*Monday, 27 February 1978
Quotes

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 25 February 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.

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