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Game #3511

Aston Villa

4-4-4, 12 PTS

Friday, 27 October 1978

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Lost

10th= (-3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Middlesbrough

4-2-6, 10 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,614

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-2

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 27 October 1978

🥅 | 29’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Micky Burns
🟥 | 30’ Sending off, (Middlesbrough), Billy Ashcroft
💥 | 32’ Missed penalty, Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Willie Young 🔴, Sub on, Leighton Phillips
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-2, (Middlesbrough), Terry Cochrane
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 27 October 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in seven to make it four wins, four draws and four defeats in twelve division one games this season. Meanwhile, Willie Young made his third and final appearance for Villa aged 22 just a fortnight after his debut before moving on to Torquay United in October 1981.

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1978 | 🕒 3 | 3 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #599 |

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Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

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

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #229 |
Friday, 27 October 1978

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🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1977–1979
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 229 | 🟩 | 106 🟨 | 60 🟥 63 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1977–1979
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟥 🟨

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.44 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.73 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.87 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Jim Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 68' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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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

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

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