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Game #3536

Aston Villa

12-14-9, 38 PTS

Saturday, 21 April 1979

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Won

10th= (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Norwich City

7-21-11, 35 PTS

Carrow Road

Attendance: 15,061

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Norwich City

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Alex Cropley | 13' | John Gidman | 72' |

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 April 1979

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shelton, Assist by Alex Cropley
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Justin Fashanu
🔁 | 40’ Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, Ivor Linton
🕒 | HT Norwich City 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-1, Alex Cropley, Assist by John Gidman
🕒 | FT Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 April 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa record successive victories to make it twelve wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in thirty five division one games this season.

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow 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

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #254 |
Saturday, 21 April 1979

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🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Toseland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1971-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 254 | 🟩 | 114 🟨 | 70 🟥 70 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Toseland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1971-1981
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 October 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Shelton replaces Allan Evans.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.35 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.21 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.05 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick McGuire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 40' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Keith Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow 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

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow 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

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 21 April 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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