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Game #3514

Aston Villa

5-5-4, 15 PTS

Saturday, 11 November 1978

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Won

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Wolverhampton Wanderers

3-0-11, 6 PTS

Molineux

Attendance: 23,289

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

Wolves

0-4

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 39' | 85' | John Gidman | 43' | Dennis Mortimer | 81' |

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 November 1978

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shelton, Assist by Brian Little
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 2-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by John Gidman
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | 48' Booking, John Gregory, Foul
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 3-0, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 4-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 11 November 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in four make it five wins, five draws and four defeats in fourteen division one games this season.

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973-74

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #232 |
Saturday, 11 November 1978

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🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
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

🕒 232 | 🟩 | 107 🟨 | 61 🟥 64 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1972–1981
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 September 1977, Villa 2-0 Wolves, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gordon Cowans and Gary Shelton return after long injury lay offs in place of Andy Gray and Tommy Craig.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.42 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.77 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.91 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

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 Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Brian Garvey (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Derek Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McAlle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Craig Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Willie Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Norman Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Melvyn Eves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Willie Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Wayne Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

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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

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

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

🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 11 November 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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