Game #3489
Aston Villa
13-10-13, 36 PTS
Saturday, 8 April 1978


Drew
10th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Newcastle United
6-9-21, 21 PTS
St James' Park
Attendance: 19,330
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
Newcastle United
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | John Deehan | 67' |
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 April 1978
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by John Deehan
🥅 | 76’ Goal, 1-1, (Newcastle United, pen), Micky Burns
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa
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
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 April 1978
Another game, another poor refereeing performance, another unjust penalty and Ron Saunders 🏴 has had enough.
Villa, without a win in five, make it 🟩 thirteen wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 thirty six division one games this season.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 makes his 🕒 225th start in a Villa shirt.
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Newcastle United


League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1954-55
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #207 |
Saturday, 8 April 1978
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🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Chadwick | 🏴 | Darwen, 1975–1983 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 207 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ron Chadwick | 🏴 | Darwen, 1975–1983 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Awarded a soft equalising penalty with the ball out of the player's control.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Gregory and Allan Evans replace Andy Gray and John Gidman.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.60 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.18 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 19.46 |
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Bill McGarry | 🏴 |

Newcastle United
GK Mike Mahoney | 🏴 |
RB Ray Blackhall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Irving Nattrass | 🏴 |
CB David Barton | 🏴 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴 |
M James Scott | 🏴 |
M Ralph Callachan | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴 |
W Stewart Barrowclough | 🏴 |
CF Mark McGhee | 🏴 |
CF Micky Burns | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ralph Callachan | 🏴 | (F Mike Larnach | 🏴 |)

🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
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
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | | 3 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 8 Apr 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James'


MATCH REPORTS
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