Game #3494
Aston Villa
18-10-13, 46 PTS
Saturday, 29 April 1978
Won
8th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Ipswich Town
11-13-17, 35 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 30,955
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
Aston Villa
6-1
Ipswich Town
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 14' | Brian Little | 17' | 45' | 53' | John Deehan | 23' | Andy Gray | 68' |
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 April 1978
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by John Deehan
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 4-0, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 5-0, Frank Carrodus, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 6-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Andy Gray
🥅 | 89' Goal, 6-1, (Ipswich Town), Trevor Whymark
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-1 Ipswich Town
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
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 April 1978
Villa record their fifth successive victory as they destroy Ipswich at Villa Park, humiliating the FA Cup finalists to climb back to 8th in the table.
With one game remaining a 7th placed finish is still possible for Villa and can be secured with victory at relegation threatened Wolves in the final match of the season.
Villa make it 🟩 eighteen wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 forty one division one games this season under Ron Saunders 🏴.
With one goal in his 🕒 previous 28 games, midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 ⚽ scores for the fourth time in 🕒 five matches to make it 🕒 68 Appearances, 54 Starts, 🟩 W32 🟨 D15 🟥 L21, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.86 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Centre forward John Deehan 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 50th goal involvements in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 101st appearance (97 Starts) and now has ⚽ 42 goals and 🔥 10 Assists at a rate of one every 1.94 games.
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
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
Ipswich Town
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1961-62
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #212 |
Saturday, 29 April 1978
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🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gwyn Owen | 🏴 | Anglesey, 1978-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 212 | 🟩 | 100 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gwyn Owen | 🏴 | Anglesey, 1978-1981
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.13 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.24 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 19.52 |
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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
Bobby Robson | 🏴 |
Ipswich Town
GK Paul Overton | 🏴 |
RB George Burley | 🏴 |
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴 |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴 |
M John Wark | 🏴 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Roger Osborne | 🏴 |
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
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
M John Gregory | 🏴 | | 25 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
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
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 29 Apr 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park