Game #3520
Aston Villa
7-8-5, 22 PTS
Saturday, 23 December 1978
Drew
9th= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Division One
Derby County
7-3-10, 17 PTS
Baseball Ground
Attendance: 20,109
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Derby County
0-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 December 1978
💥 | 10’ Goal disallowed, Kenny Swain
🕒 | HT Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 December 1978
A simply unbelievable refereeing performance gifts Derby an undeserved goalless draw.
Kenny Swain legitimately puts Villa ahead from a John Deehan cross on 9’ but the ball exits the goal through a hole in the net. The referee, Derek Richardson - described as having an “undistinguished match” - delayed the game for two minutes, inspected the net, called for repairs, was surrounded by Derby players, consulted his linesman and ruled Swain's strike out for a non-existent offside.
Richardson would refuse to discuss his performance and decisions following the game much to the chagrin of the gathered press corps.
Ron Saunders' Villa go four games unbeaten to make it seven wins, eight draws and five defeats in twenty division one games this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Derby County
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75
Aston Villa
Derby County
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #238 |
Saturday, 23 December 1978
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Richardson | 🏴 | Lincoln, 1975–1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 238 | 🟩 | 109 🟨 | 64 🟥 65 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Derek Richardson | 🏴 | Lincoln, 1975–1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Disallowed a Kenny Swain goal from a John Deehan cross after the ball had entered the goal and exited via the side netting. Richardson would later claim Swain was offside and that was the reason the goal was chalked off. He wasn't. It wasn't.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gary Shelton replaces John Gregory.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.72 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 30.89 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 18.03 |
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Tommy Docherty | 🏴 |
Derby County
GK David McKellar | 🏴 |
LB Steve Buckley | 🏴 |
CB David Webb | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Roy McFarland | 🏴 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Steve Powell | 🏴 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
M Jonathon Clark | 🏴 |
M Steve Carter | 🏴 |
M Billy Caskey | 🇬🇧 |
W Gordon Hill | 🏴 |
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB David Webb | 🏴 | (CB Vic Moreland | 🏴 |)
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
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
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
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 | |
---|---|
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
MATCH REPORTS
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