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Game #3506

Aston Villa

3-3-3, 9 PTS

Saturday, 7 October 1978

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 84' |

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

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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.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 October 1978

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.

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

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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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

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

🕒 224 | 🟩 | 104 🟨 | 58 🟥 62 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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

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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 |

Referee
Manager

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

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ian Hendry

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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.

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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

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

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/12

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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

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MATCH QUOTES

“I don't enjoy watching a spoiling game, but in the circumstances what else could we do? “Normally Allan Evans, Brian Little and John Deehan wouldn't have been considered but they virtually had to play because of our injury situation." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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

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