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Game #3517

Aston Villa

6-6-5, 18 PTS

Saturday, 25 November 1978

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Drew

9th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

9-5-2, 23 PTS

The Hawthorns

Attendance: 35,085

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

West Brom

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 64' |

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 November 1978

🟢 | 1' Debut, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion, pen), Tony Brown
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-1, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 November 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six wins, six draws and five defeats in seventeen division one games this season.

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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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

West Bromwich Albion

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH

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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #235 |
Saturday, 25 November 1978

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🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 235 | 🟩 | 108 🟨 | 62 🟥 65 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Shaw makes his first start for the club as Tommy Craig returns. Gary Shelton and Ivor Linton drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.40 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.81 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.02 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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 Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D John Wile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Cantello | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Laurie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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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

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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MATCH QUOTES

“I was pleased with my youngsters. “Young Shaw showed tremendous skill and spirit.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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