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Game #3537

Aston Villa

13-14-9, 40 PTS

Wednesday, 25 April 1979

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Won

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,168

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

5-1

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 51' | 73' | John Gidman | 69' |

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 25 April 1979

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Frank Stapleton, 80 Seconds
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-1, Gary Shelton
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Shelton, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 3-1, John Deehan, Assist by John Gidman
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 4-1, John Deehan, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 5-1, Gary Shelton (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-1 Arsenal

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 25 April 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa record three successive victories for the first time this season to make it thirteen wins, fourteen draws and nine defeats in thirty six division one games.

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, 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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1970–71

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #255 |
Wednesday, 25 April 1979

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🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
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

🕒 255 | 🟩 | 115 🟨 | 70 🟥 70 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Brendan Ormsby replaces Ken McNaught.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.78 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.22 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.58 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Terry Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Gatting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Devine | 🇮🇪 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
M David Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Nicky Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, 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

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, 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

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 25 April 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.

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