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Game #3483

Aston Villa

12-7-11, 31 PTS

Saturday, 18 March 1978

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Won

10th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

6-8-19, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,275

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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West Ham United

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Assist(s) | Frank Carrodus | 18' | 75' | Brian Little | 33' | Dennis Mortimer | 79' |

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 March 1978

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, John Gregory, Assist by Frank Carrodus
🥅 | 25' Goal, 1-1, (West Ham United), Trevor Brooking
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 2-1, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham United
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-1, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Frank Carrodus
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 4-1, John Gregory, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 March 1978
  • Villa make it ⚽ fifteen goals against West Ham in their last five visits to Villa Park.

  • Villa record their biggest 🟩 win of the season to date with a ⚽ brace from John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, a ⚽ first of the season from Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and another John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ strike. 

  • It is therefore a curious time - if ever there is a good one - for the tedious reappearance of Herbert Douglas Ellis on the scene with one aim - a destabilising power grab for his benefit and on-one else's.

  • The 🟩 win is Villa's the first in six in all competitions to make it 🟩 twelve wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty division one games this season.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 111th appearance.

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
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Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #201 |
Saturday, 18 March 1978

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🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1969-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 201 | 🟩 | 94 🟨 | 51 🟥 56 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1969-1978

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.80 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.12 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.40 |

Referee

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Bobby Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D John McDowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tommy Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Holland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Devonshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Trevor Brooking | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Hales | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Alan Devonshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Alvin Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa 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

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 20 March 1978
“I regret the necessity yet again of having to deny that there is a rift between Ron Saunders and the board. “Clashes between the manager and Mr. Doug Ellis have been reported in a newspaper and as Mr. Ellis has been specifically named, it is proper that questions of this nature should be addressed to him and not me. "I can, however, state categorically that the relationship between Ron Saunders and the six other directors, including myself, has never been better. “The board will be discussing a contract renewal with the manager in good time before his current agreement expires. "I am horrified that this hoary old chestnut should come up again and I think the club statement makes the situation perfectly clear." Villa chairman, Sir William Dugdale.
Reports

🟩 18 Mar 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park

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