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Game #3540

Aston Villa

14-16-9, 44 PTS

Saturday, 5 May 1979

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Drew

8th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division One

Bolton Wanderers

Burnden Park

Attendance: 17,394

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

Bolton Wanderers

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 May 1979

🕒 | HT Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 May 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six unbeaten and four victories to make it fourteen wins, sixteen draws and nine defeats in thirty nine division one games.

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden 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

Bolton Wanderers

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1957-58

Aston Villa

Bolton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bolton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Bolton: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #258 |
Saturday, 5 May 1979

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🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Terry Farley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1975-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 258 | 🟩 | 116 🟨 | 72 🟥 70 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Terry Farley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1975-1981
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 5 October 1977, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ken McNaught replaces Gary Shelton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.53 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.25 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.09 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Ian Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bolton Wanderers

GK Seamus McDonagh | 🇮🇪 |
RB Peter Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mike Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Sam Allardyce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
LB David Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Neil Whatmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Brian Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden 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

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden Park.

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