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Game #3498

Aston Villa

2-0-1, 4 PTS

Saturday, 26 August 1978

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Lost

6th (-5)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Bristol City

Ashton Gate

Attendance: 23,493

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

Bristol City

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 August 1978

🕒 | HT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Bristol City)
🟨 | 65' Booking, Gordon Cowans, Dissent
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Gary Shelton, Sub on, Gary Shaw 🟢
🕒 | FT Bristol City 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 August 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time this season as Gary Shaw made his Villa debut aged 16 after joining from school football in July 1977.

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Bristol City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Bristol City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bristol City

Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #216 |
Saturday, 26 August 1978

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🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 216 | 🟩 | 102 🟨 | 54 🟥 60 | 1.67

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 12 February 1977, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.54 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.56 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.84 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Howard Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Chris Garland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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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 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

“We were pretty awful and in fact we were luckily that City only put one goal past us. If it hadn’t been for Jimmy Rimmer in goal then we would have been finished by half-time.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 28 August 1978

Aston Villa manager Ron Saunders attributed his side’s surprisingly poor performance against Bristol City on Saturday to complacency after last Wednesday’s outstanding victory over Spurs at White Hart Lane. “We were pretty awful” he said “and in fact we were luckily that City only put one goal past us. If it hadn’t been for Jimmy Rimmer in goal then we would have been finished by half-time. “Hopefully we can learn something from this. If you are going to be a good side then you have to. It’s all part of the team’s education.” It is baffling that a team of Villa’s undoubted ability can be so erratic. Complacency is a deadly disease as Villa found out to their cost last season. Admittedly, they were handicapped by a series of injuries, but their start to the season was marred by it. If they are to be successful in the League, and there’s every reason to suggest that they will, then it’s the bread and butter games like this one that they have to win. City were not that good but their manager, Alan Dickes, had done his homework. He watched Villa’s 4-1 annihilation of Spurs and had planned accordingly. “Villa have a tremendous spirit and competitive attitude,” he said “After watching them last Wednesday I realised we has to march their aggression and not allow them any space.” And this is just that City did. Veteran Norman Hunter, renowned for the effectiveness of his defensive craft, blunted Villa’s attack while the City midfield out manoeuvred their Midland counterparts. The West Country pair of strikers, Tom Ritchie and Joe Royle, were a continual threat, but it was left to City defender, David Rodgers, to score the winning goal after a series of quick saves by Rimmer. He headed home a free kick by Don Gillies in the 72nd minute.
Reports

🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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