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Game #3528

Aston Villa

10-11-6, 31 PTS

Tuesday, 20 March 1979

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Won

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Queens Park Rangers

5-10-16, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,310

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-1

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Queens Park Rangers

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🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 20 March 1979

⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by John Gregory
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Brian Little, Sub on, Ivor Linton
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-0, John Gidman (pen)
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Kenny Swain
🥅 | 90’+1 Goal, 3-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Clive Allen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 20 March 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa make it ten wins, eleven draws and six defeats in twenty seven division one games this season.

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, 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

Queens Park Rangers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

Aston Villa

Queens Park Rangers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Queens Park Rangers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Queens Park Rangers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #246 |
Tuesday, 20 March 1979

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🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Flint | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1973–1982
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 246 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 | 67 🟥 67 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: George Flint | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1973–1982
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 November 1976, Villa 3-2 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Gidman and Dennis Mortimer replace Ivor Linton and Alex Cropley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.63 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.13 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.27 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Steve Burtenshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Derek Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ernie Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Martyn Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, 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

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, 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

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, 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

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

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