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Game #3531

Aston Villa

10-12-8, 32 PTS

Wednesday, 4 April 1979

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Lost

13th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Nottingham Forest

14-14-2, 42 PTS

City Ground

Attendance: 27,056

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

Nottingham Forest

4-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 4 April 1979

🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Allan Evans o.g.
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Tony Woodcock
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-3, (Nottingham Forest), Trevor Francis
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 0-4, (Nottingham Forest), Martin O’Neill
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 4-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 4 April 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa suffer their heaviest defeat of the season to make it ten wins, twelve draws and eight defeats in thirty division one games this season. Casualties abounded as the Forest debacle would prove to be centre forward Andy Gray’s final Villa appearance. Villa had signed Gray from Dundee United for a fee of £110,000 as a 19 year old and he went on to represent Villa between 1975-76 and 1978-79 but was significantly out of favour with boss Ron Saunders in 1978-79 and ostracised in 1979-80 before his departure from the club to Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1979 for a fee of £1,469,000. Also seeing his Villa career end was midfielder Tommy Craig who made his final appearance aged 26 before moving on to Swansea City in July 1979 for a fee of £150,000. Villa had signed Craig from Newcastle United in January 1978 for £270,000 and he played for the club between 1977-78 and 1978-79 making 32 appearances and scoring twice.

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1978-79 | 🕒 32 | 32 (0) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 | #591 |
🔴 CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1978-79

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #249 |
Wednesday, 4 April 1979

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🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966-1981
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
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

🕒 249 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 | 68 🟥 69 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966-1981
Matches Officiated: 16
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 10 January 1979, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground. 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Gidman, Ken McNaught and Alex Cropley replace Gordon Cowans, Gary Williams and Ivor Linton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.04 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.17 |

Youngest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 22.49 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F John O'Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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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

Squad Bios

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

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