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Game #3525

Aston Villa

8-11-5, 27 PTS

Saturday, 3 March 1979

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Won

11th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Birmingham City

3-4-20, 10 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,419

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Birmingham City

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🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 March 1979

🟨 | 18’ Booking, John Gregory
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 March 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in seven but go eight games unbeaten in the league to make it eight wins, eleven draws and five defeats in twenty four division one games this season.

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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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

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #243 |
Saturday, 3 March 1979

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🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

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Timeline
On This Day
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 243 | 🟩 | 110 🟨 | 67 🟥 66 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Gray and Brian Little return after long injury lay offs in place of Gary Shelton and Joe Ward.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.58 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.08 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.22 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Neil Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alberto Tarantini | 🇦🇷 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Towers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Alan Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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