Game #3509
Aston Villa
Monday, 16 October 1978
Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Crystal Palace
Highfield Road
Attendance: 25,445
🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road
Aston Villa
3-0
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 19' | Brian Little | 31' | Tommy Craig | 71' |
🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road
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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 16 October 1978
Villa beat Palace in the League Cup third round at the third attempt as Andy Gray 🏴 hits a brace and John Gregory 🏴 scores his fourth in four games with Brian Little 🏴 running the show.
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.
Winger 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.
Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 66th appearance.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 makes his 🕒 250th appearance in a Villa shirt (243 Starts) to make it 🟩 W115 🟨 D66 🟥 L69, ⚽ 75 Goals and 🔥 53 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.95 games.
🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | 1974-78 🕒 197 | ✅ 197 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 0 | #569 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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: ❌
🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Monday, 16 October 1978
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🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road
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 | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 227 | 🟩 | 105 🟨 | 60 🟥 62 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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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 |
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MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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 | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 | (CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |)
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | | 5 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road