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Game #3488

Aston Villa

13-9-13, 35 PTS

Wednesday, 5 April 1978

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Lost

10th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Nottingham Forest

23-8-3, 54 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 44,215

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Nottingham Forest

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 5 April 1978

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
💥 | 76’ Referee Hughes fails to award a penalty for a blatant barge in the penalty area
💥 | 76’ Referee Hughes fails to award a penalty for a blatant handball on the line
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Tony Woodcock
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Nottingham Forest

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 5 April 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa, without a win in four, make it thirteen wins, nine draws and thirteen defeats in thirty five division one games this season.

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa 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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1958-59

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #206 |
Wednesday, 5 April 1978

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🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Edward Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Weston-Super-Mare, 1976-1979 🆘
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

🕒 206 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 53 🟥 58 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Edward Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Weston-Super-Mare, 1976-1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Failed to award two blatant penalties and waved away legitimate protests before Forest's late goal.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.70 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.17 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.45 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, 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 Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Barrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F John O'Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa 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

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, 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

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa 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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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