Game #3506
Aston Villa
3-3-3, 9 PTS
Saturday, 7 October 1978


Drew
10th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Arsenal
3-3-3, 9 PTS
Highbury
Attendance: 34,537
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
Arsenal
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 84' |
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 October 1978
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Alan Sunderland
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 1-1, John Gregory, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Arsenal 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Pulling back
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 October 1978
With Villa’s injury crisis not improving the club applied to the League to postpone their weekend fixture with Arsenal only for the League’s Alan Hardaker to refuse the request out of hand.
To compound the insult Hardaker visited Highbury to watch a decimated Villa, forced to field players carrying injury and barely fit, face off against a full strength Arsenal side.
Happily for Villa, Arsenal were awful and John Gregory’s 🏴 late equaliser gave Villa a deserved point to help them climb to 10th in the table.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa end a run of two league defeats to make it 🟩 three wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 three defeats in 🕒 nine division one games this season.
Meanwhile, 18 year old midfielder Ian Hendry 🏴 makes his first appearance in the Villa squad having joined from Eastercraigs 🏴.
Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 40th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 134th appearance at a rate of one every 3.35 games.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Arsenal


League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #224 |
Saturday, 7 October 1978
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🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴 | Poole, 1975-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 224 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 | 58 🟥 62 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Les Burden | 🏴 | Poole, 1975-1985
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Leighton Phillips replaces Gary Shelton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.23 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.68 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.82 |
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Terry Neill | 🏴 |

Arsenal
GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴 |
M David Price | 🏴 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Ian Hendry 🏴
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F John Kosmina | 🇦🇺 |
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
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
M Ian Hendry 🏴 | 1 |
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/12
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.


MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

