Game #3501
Aston Villa
3-1-1, 6 PTS
Saturday, 9 September 1978


Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Ipswich Town
Portman Road
Attendance: 22,166
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
Ipswich Town
0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 17' |
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 September 1978
⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, John Gregory, Assist by Brian Little
🟨 | 10' Booking, Gordon Smith
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, John Gidman (Injury), Sub on, Lee Jenkins 🟢
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray (pen)
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 0-2 Aston Villa
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
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 9 September 1978
Villa win for the first time in three as Andy Gray 🏴 ⚽ scores his third of the season from the penalty spot in the final seconds.
Villa beat Ipswich to make it 🟩 three wins, 🟨 a draw and 🟥 a defeat in five division one games so far this season under Ron Saunders 🏴.
Midfielder Lee Jenkins 🏴 17, makes his 🕒 debut appearance in a Villa shirt as a 70' substitute having graduated from the youth ranks to become the 597th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gordon Cowans makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (61 Starts) to make it 🟩 W36 🟨 D16 🟥 L23, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴 makes his 🕒 125th start in a Villa shirt.
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Lee Jenkins | 🏴 | #597 | Youth team promotion
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: 1977-78
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #219 |
Saturday, 9 September 1978
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🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴 | Sussex, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 219 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 | 55 🟥 60 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴 | Sussex, 1974-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Bizarrely gave a corner before changing his mind to award a 90' penalty to Villa
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 October 1977, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gordon Smith
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Gregory and Tommy Craig replace Frank Carrodus and Gary Shelton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.65 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.60 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 19.88 |
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bobby Robson | 🏴 |

Ipswich Town
GK Paul Cooper | 🏴 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Beattie | 🏴 |
RB George Burley | 🏴 |
M Arnold Mühren | 🇳🇱 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴 |
M John Wark | 🏴 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴 |
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Lee Jenkins | 🏴 | 🟢 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Eric Gates | 🏴 | (CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴 |)

🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Lee Jenkins | 🏴 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 3 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road


MATCH REPORTS
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