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Game #3521

Aston Villa

7-9-5, 23 PTS

Tuesday, 26 December 1978

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Drew

9th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division One

Leeds United

8-8-6, 24 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,973

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-2

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Leeds United

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Scorer(s) | John Gregory | 21' | 26' |

Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 21' | John Deehan | 26' |

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 26 December 1978

⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, John Gregory, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 2-0, John Gregory, Assist by John Deehan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Leeds United
🟨 | 56’ Booking, Ken McNaught, Confrontation
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 2-1, (Leeds United), Eddie Gray
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Kenny Swain, Dissent
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 2-2, (Leeds United), Eddie Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Leeds United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 26 December 1978

Ron Saunders' Villa go five games unbeaten to make it seven wins, nine draws and five defeats in twenty one division one games this season.

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

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

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #239 |
Tuesday, 26 December 1978

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🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Edward Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Weston-Super-Mare, 1976-1979
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
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

🕒 239 | 🟩 | 109 🟨 | 65 🟥 65 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Edward Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Weston-Super-Mare, 1976-1979
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 April 1978, Villa 0-1 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Gregory replaces Gary Shelton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.12 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.90 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.04 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK David Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carl Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tony Currie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF John Hawley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Keith Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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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

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“We played some tremendous soccer before the interval, but so did Leeds in the second half. “We tried hard to carry on where we had left off, but we caught a cold and left gaps. “We just stopped ticking and they played like the old Leeds we knew." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Post*
Wednesday, 27 December 1978

Fan-tactic view for man in the spotlight A football supporter decided to have a bird's eye view of the Aston Villa v Leeds match at Villa Park yesterday and climbed up a floodlight pylon. Police and his brother tried gentle persuasion to bring him down but it needed the assistance of the fire service to help him to descend the last 20 ft. or so. The man was taken to Queen's Road Police Station. Aston, but was later released. *Birmingham Post* Wednesday, 27 December 1978
Reports

🟨 26 December 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

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