Game #3483

Aston Villa

12-7-11, 31 PTS

Saturday, 18 March 1978

Won

10th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

6-8-19, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 28,275

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-1

West Ham United

Scorer(s) | John Gregory | 18' | 79' | John Deehan | 33' | Dennis Mortimer | 75' |

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

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟥 15 March 1978, Villa 1-2 Barcelona, Camp Nou.

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 21 March 1978, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

West Ham United

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

West Ham United

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 22 October 1977, Villa 2-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

West Ham United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 8 March 1980, Villa 0-1 West Ham, Upton Park.

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers

Timeline

On This Day

Trophies

Matches

Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 201 | 🟩 | 94 🟨 | 51 🟥 56 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 31 August 1977, Villa 3-1 Exeter, St James' Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Derek Nippard

CARDS

None

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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

Manager

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

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

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

	Game	Start	Goal	Assist	Win	Draw	Loss	Goal Conceded	Clean Sheet	Yellow	Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	42	42	0	0	18	10	14	44	15	3	0

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

185

184

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

161

157

RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

111

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

43*

26*

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

175

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

226

219

104

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

	Unused
CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	4

Squad Bios

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Tables & Programmes

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 18 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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 March 1978, Villa 4-1 West Ham, Villa Park.

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