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Game #3489

Aston Villa

13-10-13, 36 PTS

Saturday, 8 April 1978

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Drew

10th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Newcastle United

6-9-21, 21 PTS

St James' Park

Attendance: 19,330

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

Newcastle United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | John Deehan | 67' |

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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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

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 April 1978

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

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

Newcastle United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1954-55

Aston Villa

Newcastle United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #207 |
Saturday, 8 April 1978

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🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 207 | 🟩 | 95 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ralph Callachan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (F Mike Larnach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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

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

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

🟨 8 April 1978, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, St James' Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“There was no way it was a penalty. “The referee was apologising to the players as they came off the field for making the wrong decision.” Ron Saunders. “No comment.” Referee, Ron Chadwick.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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