Game #3524
Aston Villa
7-11-5, 25 PTS
Saturday, 24 February 1979
Drew
12th (-3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Manchester United
10-6-8, 26 PTS
Old Trafford
Attendance: 44,437
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
Manchester United
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 58' |
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 24 February 1979
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Joe Ward
🕒 | HT Manchester United 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-0, Kenny Swain, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United, pen), Jimmy Greenhoff
🕒 | FT Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 24 February 1979
Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven League games to make it seven wins, eleven draws and five defeats in twenty three division one games this season under Ron Saunders.
Villa’s eleventh draw in twenty three games - after they concede a penalty at Old Trafford to hand Manchester United a lucky point - sees them fall back to twelfth in the table.
Villa have three and in some cases five games in hand over their rivals.
Forward Joe Ward, 24, makes his Villa debut after joining from Clyde in December 1978 for a fee of £80,000 to become the 603rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gordon Cowans makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (90 Appearances) to make it W39 D23 L28, 11 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Forward Kevin Ready makes his first appearance in the Villa squad after signing from Yarmouth for £2,000.
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 F Joe Ward | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Aston Villa
Manchester United
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #242 |
Saturday, 24 February 1979
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🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 242 | 🟩 | 109 🟨 | 67 🟥 66 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 November 1974, Villa 1-2 Manchester United, Old Trafford. 🆘
Cards: 🟨
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders hands Joe Ward his debut in place of Ken McNaught.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.23 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.06 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 18.20 |
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Joe Ward | 🏴 | 🟢 |
MANAGER
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Gary Bailey | 🏴 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴 |
CB Gordon McQueen | 🏴 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴 |
CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lou Macari | 🏴 | (RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |)
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Kevin Ready | 🏴 |
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
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
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
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
John Deehan | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.