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Game #3495

Aston Villa

18-10-14, 46 PTS

Tuesday, 2 May 1978

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Lost

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

11-12-16, 34 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 30,644

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

Aston Villa

3-1

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Wolves

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Assist(s) | Not recorded

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 2 May 1978

🥅 | 15’ Goal, 1-0, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), John Richards
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-1, Frank Carrodus
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 1-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Mel Eves
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off Andy Gray, Sub on, John Gregory
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 1-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Billy Rafferty
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 2 May 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa, lose their final game of the season five to make it eighteen wins, ten draws and fourteen defeats in forty two division one games this season. As a result Villa finish 8th in the table for the second successive season.

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #54 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #213 |
Tuesday, 2 May 1978

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🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 213 | 🟩 | 100 🟨 | 54 🟥 59 | 1.66

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Matches Officiated: 13
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.14 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.24 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.53 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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

Sammy Chung | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McAlle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Martin Patching | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Billy Rafferty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Melvyn Eves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W John Farley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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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

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 2 May 1978, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Molineux.

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