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Game #3490

Aston Villa

14-10-13, 38 PTS

Saturday, 15 April 1978

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Won

10th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Chelsea

9-12-16, 30 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 27,375

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Chelsea

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🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 April 1978

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 2-0, Own Goal, Stephen Wicks
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Chelsea

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 April 1978

  • Villa beat Chelsea to record their first win in six League games but do so in front of their lowest crowd of the season - 27,375. Happily though there is no dodgy refereeing to spoil the entertainment.

  • Villa make it fourteen wins, ten draws and thirteen defeats in thirty seven division one games this season under Ron Saunders.

  • Gordon Cowans contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 50th start (64 Appearances) to make it W28 D15 L21, 7 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

Aston Villa

Chelsea

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #208 |
Saturday, 15 April 1978

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🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Alex Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bridgwater, 1972-1978
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 208 | 🟩 | 96 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alex Lees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bridgwater, 1972-1978
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 March 1976, Villa 0-0 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Gidman and Andy Gray replace Leighton Phillips and Gordon Smith.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.10 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.20 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Ken Shellito | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Peter Bonetti | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Graham Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Lewington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Davie Hay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Lee Frost | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Steve Finnieston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tommy Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Lee Frost | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Bill Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, 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

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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

Suspension | 1 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“We seem to be getting a lot more understanding and rhythm in out play. “It’s important that we sort ourselves out for the start of next season. “We knew it would be a hard game against Chelsea because they ended the points so badly so I think the lads tried that little but harder.” Brian Little. “It was a very good goal. He [Gordon Cowans] took it well. “We created a lot of chances and controlled 75 per cent of the play, therefore, I though we deserved the result.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 15 April 1978, Villa 2-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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