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Game #3532

Aston Villa

10-13-8, 33 PTS

Saturday, 7 April 1979

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Drew

12th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Division One

Coventry City

11-14-11, 36 PTS

Highfield Road

Attendance: 23,690

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Coventry City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 77' |

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 April 1979

🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Tommy Hutchinson
🟥 | 44’ Sending off, Allan Evans, Retaliation
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 1-1, John Deehan, Assist by Ken McNaught
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 April 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa make it ten wins, thirteen draws and eight defeats in thirty one division one games this season.

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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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

Coventry City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Coventry City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #250 |
Saturday, 7 April 1979

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🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 250 | 🟩 | 112 🟨 | 69 🟥 69 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Ignored a violent challenge that left Little injured before punishing Evans with the ultimate sanction for retaliating with no action taken against the instigator.
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 29 October 1977, Villa 2-1 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥

None

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

John Deehan and Gordon Cowans replace Andy Gray and Tommy Craig.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.09 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.18 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.46 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Holton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Donato Nardiello | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Andy Blair (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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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

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I shall be discussing it with him [Allan Evans] first thing in the morning and then I shall decide what action to take. "I still believe he was provoked but it was a stupid thing to do and I am not making excuses for him.” Ron Saunders. "I was going to talk to Evans about his tackle on Powell because I thought it was over the top. “But he got in first and butted me. It was a daft thing to do." Allan Evans’ victim Tommy Hutchinson.
Quotes

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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