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Game #3524

Aston Villa

7-11-5, 25 PTS

Saturday, 24 February 1979

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 58' |

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 242 | 🟩 | 109 🟨 | 67 🟥 66 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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

MANAGER

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |)

Substitutes

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Kevin Ready | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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.

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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

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH QUOTES

"It was a penalty alright. “One of those unfortunate ones but a penalty nonetheless and it really shouldn't have mattered. “We had enough opportunities to have made the game safe long before that." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.

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