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 April 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 April 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
🟩 29 April 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, 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.
🟩 29 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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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
Aston Villa
Ipswich Town
🟩 29 April 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 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gwyn Owen | 🏴 | Anglesey, 1972-1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 212 | 🟩 | 100 🟨 | 54 🟥 58 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 29 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gwyn Owen | 🏴 | Anglesey, 1972-1982
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
🟩 29 April 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 April 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 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 29 April 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 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 29 April 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 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 29 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 2 |
FB John Robson | 🏴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 29 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 29 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 29 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.