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Game #3512

Aston Villa

4-5-4, 13 PTS

Saturday, 4 November 1978

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Drew

10th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Manchester City

5-6-2, 16 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,724

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | John Gidman | 62' |

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 November 1978

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🟨 | 61' Booking, Andy Gray, Arguing
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by John Gidman
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City, pen), Gary Owen
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, John Gidman, Sub on, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 November 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins, five draws and four defeats in thirteen division one games this season. Meanwhile, Leighton Phillips made his final Villa appearance aged 29 before moving to Swansea City later this month. Phillips played for Villa between 1974-75 and 1978-79 making 175 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 1974-78 | 🕒 175 | 168 (7) | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 5 | #571 |

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #230 |
Saturday, 4 November 1978

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🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 230 | 🟩 | 106 🟨 | 61 🟥 63 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Leighton Phillips and John Deehan replace Allan Evans and Willie Young.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.97 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.75 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.89 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Tony Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Futcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Roger Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ron Futcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, 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

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, 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

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I'll be here on Wednesday even if they have to carry me out on a stretcher." Jimmy Rimmer. "It's a tender spot to get a whack. It is pretty painful at the moment and although everybody seems to think it will be all right by Wednesday. I'm not so sure.” John Gidman. "I thought that everyone of the 22 players out there worked hard. ”We certainly did. But although we played some pretty good football we also played some not so good stuff. "There was a lot of physical contact. Both sides were closing it down which, of course, is all part of the game. “There were a lot of loose 50-50 balls and a surprising number of occasions when a player from each side went for it and both ended up needing treatment. "But we never really controlled it in midfield, which is the area you must dominate if you hope to do anything positive." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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