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Game #3529

Aston Villa

10-11-7, 31 PTS

Saturday, 24 March 1979

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Lost

11th (-3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

11-10-9, 32 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,486

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-3

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Tottenham Hotspur

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🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 March 1979

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, John Gidman (pen)
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Kenny Swain
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Glenn Hoddle
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 2-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Jones
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 3-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Glenn Hoddle
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 March 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the second time in three to make it ten wins, eleven draws and seven defeats in twenty eight division one games this season.

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #247 |
Saturday, 24 March 1979

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🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
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

🕒 247 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 | 67 🟥 68 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.64 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.14 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.28 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, 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

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Mark Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB John Lacy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Don McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Terry Naylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy Holmes | 🇮🇪 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 |
M John Pratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Villa | 🇦🇷 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |

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 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, 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

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, 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

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I am still shell-shocked. “Of course, no side should ever surrender a two-goal lead. But I could see it coming. "Our midfield were never in it today and that is why Tottenham were allowed to come back when they must have thought they were heading for defeat. “I could have locked them in the dressing room and spent two hours trying to find out what went wrong. But what good would that do them? "They know they threw it away without me saying anything to them. “The time for hard speaking will come when they arrive for training on Monday." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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