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 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Ipswich Town
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Brian Little | 17' |
🟩 9 September 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
🟩 9 September 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 Villa debut as a 70' substitute after joining from school football in June 1977 and graduating 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.
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
Aston Villa
Ipswich Town
🟩 9 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #219 |
Saturday, 9 September 1978
🟩 9 September 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
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 219 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 | 55 🟥 60 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 9 September 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: 🟨 🟨
🟩 9 September 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 September 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 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lee Jenkins | 🏴 | 🟢 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Eric Gates | 🏴 | (CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴 |)
🟩 9 September 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 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
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 | |
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🟩 9 September 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 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 9 September 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 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 9 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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