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Game #3516

Aston Villa

6-5-5, 17 PTS

Tuesday, 21 November 1978

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Lost

9th (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Southampton

3-7-6, 13 PTS

The Dell

Attendance: 20,880

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

Southampton

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 21 November 1978

🥅 | 21’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Graham Baker
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Nick Holmes
🔁 | 30’ Sub off, Gary Shelton (Injury), Sub on, Gordon Smith
🕒 | HT Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 58’ Missed penalty (Southampton), Alan Ball
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 21 November 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in three to make it six wins, five draws and five defeats in sixteen division one games this season.

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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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

Southampton

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

Aston Villa

Southampton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #234 |
Tuesday, 21 November 1978

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🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 234 | 🟩 | 108 🟨 | 61 🟥 65 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.90 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.80 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.94 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Lawrie McMenemy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Terry Gennoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Peach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Malcolm Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
RB Ivan Golac | 🇭🇷 |
RB Steve Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nick Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Phil Boyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Terry Curran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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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

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 21 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.

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