Game #3551
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 September 1979
Lost
19th (-2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Crystal Palace
Attendance: 28,156
Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 September 1979
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mike Pejic
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Crystal Palace), Jerry Murphy
🕒 | HT Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 49' Booking, Kenny Swain, for being punched in the face
🔁 | 58' Sub off, Joe Ward 🔴 Sub on, Brendan Ormsby
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 0-2, (Crystal Palace), Jerry Murphy
🕒 | FT Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Dennis Mortimer, for a perfect tackle
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the second successive game and fail to score for the third consecutive match to make it one win, two draws and three defeats in six League matches this season as they slump to 19th place in the early Division One table.
Meanwhile, Mike Pejic made his Villa debut aged 29 after moving from Everton for a fee of £225,000 earlier this month; whilst 24 year old forward Joe Ward made his third and final appearance for Villa before moving to Hibernian later this month in a swap deal that brought Des Bremner to the club.
Also saying goodbye was John Deehan, who made his shock final Villa appearance aged 22 before moving on to West Bromwich Albion later this month for a fee of £500,000. Deehan had played for Villa between 1975-76 and 1979-80 making 139 appearances and scoring 50 goals.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Crystal Palace
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Crystal Palace
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #269 |
Saturday, 15 September 1979
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Reg Robinson | 🏴 | Suffolk, 1974-1980 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 269 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 | 74 🟥 76 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Reg Robinson | 🏴 | Suffolk, 1974-1980 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 Missed a punch to the face on Kenny Swain, booking the Villa full back for his troubles, booked Mortimer for a magnificent tackle
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 October 1977, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Joe Ward and Mike Pejic (debut) replace Gary Shelton and Gary Shaw.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.69 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.62 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 20.90 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Joe Ward | 🏴 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
MANAGER
Terry Venables | 🏴 |
Crystal Palace
GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴 |
CF Mike Flanagan | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | for F Joe Ward | 🏴 | 58' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 | (F Ian Walsh | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 F John Deehan | 🏴 | 1975-79 | 🕒 140 | 135 (5) | ⚽ 50 | 🔥 11 | 🇺 3 | #578 |
🔴 F Joe Ward | 🏴 | 1979 | 🕒 3 | 2 (1) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #602 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 17 September 1979