Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace, 1978-79 League Cup, 16 Oct 1978

Game #3509

Aston Villa

Monday, 16 October 1978

Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Crystal Palace

Attendance: 25,445

Highfield Road

Aston Villa

3-0

Crystal Palace

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 19' | 71' | John Gregory | 31' |

Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 19' | Brian Little | 31' | Tommy Craig | 71' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa finally beat Palace at the third attempt as Andy Gray hits a brace and John Gregory his fourth in four games with Brian Little running the show and Gray's second goal something to behold - taking Tommy Craig's difficult ball on the edge of the area, hoodwinking the defender before unleashing a brilliant 18 yard strike.

KEY MAN

PREVIOUS MATCH

🟨 14 October 1978, Villa 2-2 Manchester United, Villa Park.

NEXT MATCH

🟩 21 October 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

Image Credits

MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 16 October 1978

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa beat second division high flyers Palace in the League Cup third round at the third attempt. Meanwhile, Frank Carrodus made his final appearance for Villa aged aged due to injury before moving on to Wrexham in December 1979. Carrodus played for Villa between 1974-75 and 1978-79 making 196 appearances and scoring 6 goals.

Aston Villa

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

Crystal Palace

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Crystal Palace

All the matches

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟨 10 October 1978, League Cup, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

🟥 15 September 1979, Villa 0-2 Palace, Selhurst Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Monday, 16 October 1978

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 227 | 🟩 | 105 🟨 | 60 🟥 62 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Managerial Performance Statistics

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Unknown

CARDS

Villa

None

Crystal Palace

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Dennis Mortimer and Brian Little replace John Deehan and Willie Young.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.70 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.84 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Crystal Palace

GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Chatterton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Mike Elwiss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

Player

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-78 | 🕒 197 | 197 (0) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 8 | 🇺 0 | #568 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"For the first time I shall be able to select a team rather than the team select itself because of our shortage of fit players." Ron Saunders as three of a team’s worth of injured players are due to return against Palace with Dennis Mortimer fit again after a knee injury, Brian Little after his operation and Allan Evans following suspension.

MATCH REPORT

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