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Game #3509

Aston Villa

Monday, 16 October 1978

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Crystal Palace

Highfield Road

Attendance: 25,445

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

Aston Villa

3-0

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Crystal Palace

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

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 16 October 1978

⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Ken McNaught
⚽ | 31’ Goal, 2-0, John Gregory, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 3-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Tommy Craig
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 16 October 1978

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.

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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

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Aston Villa

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

Crystal Palace

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

Aston Villa

Crystal Palace

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Crystal Palace

Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

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🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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

🕒 227 | 🟩 | 105 🟨 | 60 🟥 62 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

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

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

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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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

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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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.
Quotes

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

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