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Game #3493

Aston Villa

17-10-13, 44 PTS

Wednesday, 26 April 1978

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Won

9th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leeds United

18-9-14, 45 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,524

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-1

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Leeds United

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 2' | John Deehan | 72' | Andy Gray | 74' |

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 26 April 1978

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Ray Hankin
⚽ | 72’ Goal, Brian Little, Assist by John Deehan
⚽ | 74’ Goal, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Leeds United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 26 April 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa, win four successive games for the first time this season to make it seventeen wins, ten draws and thirteen defeats in forty division one games this season.

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, 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

Leeds United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #52 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #211 |
Wednesday, 26 April 1978

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🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 211 | 🟩 | 99 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1974-1985
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 1 December 1976, Villa 2-0 Millwall, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 🟨

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ken McNaught replaces John Gregory.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.12 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.23 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.51 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Armfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK David Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Peter Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tony Currie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Allan Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ray Hankin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Peter Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, 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

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, 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

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, 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

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 April 1978, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Villa Park.

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