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Game #3543

Aston Villa

15-16-11, 46 PTS

Tuesday, 15 May 1979

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Won

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Manchester City

13-13-16, 39 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 30,028

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Manchester City

2-3

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Aston Villa

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🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 15 May 1979

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Kaziu Deyna
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-1, Alex Cropley, Assist by Kenny Swain
🥅 | 51’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Kaziu Deyna
🟨 | 51' Booking, Dennis Mortimer, Dissent
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-2, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 3-2, John Deehan, Assist by Kenny Swain
🕒 | FT Manchester City 2-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 15 May 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa end the season with a win to help them finish 8th with fifteen wins, sixteen draws and eleven defeats in forty two division one games. Meanwhile, John Gregory made his final Villa appearance aged 25 before moving on to Brighton in July 1979 for a fee of £300,000. Villa had bought Gregory for £60,000 from Northampton Town in June 1977 and he went on to play for Villa in 1977-78 and 1978-79 making 76 appearances and scoring 11 goals and returning in the late 90's as a cult hero Villa manager.

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1977-79 | 🕒 76 | 69 (7) | ⚽ 11 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 16 | #590 |

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #261 |
Tuesday, 15 May 1979

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🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1977–1979
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🕒 261 | 🟩 | 117 🟨 | 72 🟥 72 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1977–1979 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Strange decisions throughout
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gordon Cowans and Brian Little replace Allan Evans and Gary Shelton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.84 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.28 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.12 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine 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 Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tony Book | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barry Silkman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kazimierz Deyna | 🇵🇱 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Colin Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Roger Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Player Positions:

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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

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Match Symbols:

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⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine 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

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine 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

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Post*
Wednesday, 16 May 1979

Villa’s determined play was often interrupted by strange decisions, from Scunthorpe referee Tony Jenkins. Deehan was twice pulled back by David Watson and Colin Bell, but the referee refused to award a foul in Villa's favour. Despite these dubious rulings Villa kept up their task moving the ball about quite freely in midfield before setting up Deehan and Gary Shelton for penetrating runs into the heart of City's defence. After Villa’s first equaliser, they immediately fell behind yet again after referee Jenkins ruled that Gibson had fouled Channon just outside the area. It brought an angry response from Vila, who claimed that the referee had signalled the freekick was indirect and Mortimer was unfairly booked for dissent. *Birmingham Post* Wednesday, 16 May 1979.
Reports

🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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