Game #3515
Aston Villa
6-5-4, 17 PTS
Saturday, 18 November 1978
Won
7th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Bristol City
6-3-6, 15 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,621
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Bristol City
Assist(s) | Gary Shelton | 59' | 70' |
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 18 November 1978
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Gary Shelton
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Gary Shelton
🟥 | 76’ Sending off, (Bristol City), Joe Royle
🔁 | 89' Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Colin Gibson 🟢
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Bristol City
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
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 18 November 1978
Villa win their first home game since the opening day with a brace of excellent goals from John Deehan and Gordon Cowans but the game is overshadowed by the thuggish play of the Bristol team who inflict GBH on Allan Evans before Joe Royle kicks the Villa defender in the back and walks off the pitch before being sent off.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa 🟩 win consecutive matches to make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 fifteen division one games this season.
Full back / midfielder Colin Gibson 🏴 18 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 601st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | #601 | Youth team promotion
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Bristol City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #233 |
Saturday, 18 November 1978
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🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴 | Chorley, 1978-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 233 | 🟩 | 108 🟨 | 61 🟥 64 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴 | Chorley, 1978-1985
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
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ivor Linton replaces the injured Brian Little.
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.89 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.79 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 17.93 |
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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 | 🏴 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Alan Dicks | 🏴 |
Bristol City
GK John Shaw | 🏴 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴 |
M John Bain | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴 |
CF Kevin Mabbutt | 🏴 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴 | 🟥 |
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🟢 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 89' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M John Bain | 🏴 | (M Clive Whitehead | 🏴 |)
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park