top of page

Game #3485

Aston Villa

13-8-11, 34 PTS

Saturday, 25 March 1978

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Drew

10th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Derby County

10-11-11, 31 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,793

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-0

Villa.gif

Derby County

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | None

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 March 1978

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Derby County
🟥 | 70’ Sending off, (Derby County), Peter Daniel
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Derby County

🔁 | Sub off, Gordon Cowans, Sub on, John Deehan

🟨 | Booking, Gordon Smith, Kicking ball away

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 March 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa make it thirteen wins, eight draws and eleven defeats in thirty two division one games this season.

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

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

Derby County

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

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

Aston Villa

Derby County

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #203 |
Saturday, 25 March 1978

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 203 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 52 🟥 56 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 4
🆘 : Yet another card happy performance from McNally - a referee who has brandished 19 yellows and 2 reds in just the four Villa fixtures in which he has officiated.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 October 1975, Villa 1-1 Tottenham, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

🟨

🟥 🟨 🟨

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.97 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.14 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.42 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Villa.gif

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tommy Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Derby County

GK John Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Steve Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Don Masson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
W Terry Curran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Bartlett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Charlie George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

🔁 | F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

CB Roy McFarland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

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 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

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

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

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

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

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Opens in New Window

Reports

🟨 25 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page