1978-79 Aston Villa Database

1978-79

Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)	Assist(s)	Position	Villa Cards	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Player 11	Sub 1	Unused 1	p1 Start	p1 App	p1 L	p1 GC	s1 App	s1 Sub	s1 D	s1 GC	s1 L	p1 W	p1 cs	s1 W	s1 CS	p1 D	p2 App	p2 Start	p2 Gl	p2 Ast	p2 W	p2 D	p2 L	s1 Gl	s1 Ast	s1 Bk	Sub Sub	p5 St	p5 Gl	p5 Ast	p5 W	p5 D	p5 L	p5 Bk	p5 So	p2 Bk	p2 So	p1 Bk	s1 So	p3 App	p3 Start	p3 Gl	p3 Ast	p3 D	p3 W	p3 L	p3 Bk	p3 So	p4 App	p4 St	p4 Gl	p4 Ast	p4 W	p4 D	p4 L	p4 Bk	p4 So	p6 App	p6 St	p6 Gl	p6 Ast	p6 W	p6 D	p6 L	p6 Bk	p7 App	p7 St	p7 Gl	p7 Ast	p7 W	p7 D	p7 L	p7 Bk	p8 App	p8 St	p8 Gl	p8 Ast	p8 W	p8 D	p8 L	p8 Bk	p11 App	p11 St	p11 Gl	p11 Ast	p11 W	p11 D	p11 L	p11 Bk	p11 So	p10 App	p10 St	p10 Gl	p10 Ast	p10 W	p10 D	p10 L	p10 Bk	p10 So	p9 App	p9 St	p9 Gl	p9 Ast	p9 W	p9 D	p9 L	p9 Bk	Unused 1 #	p5 Ap
🟩 19 Aug 1978, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Andy Gray \| 60' \|	Assist(s) \| Gordon Smith \| 60' \|	6th=	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		55	55	17	57	33	26	8	0	13	25	20	12	0	13	197	196	6	26	84	57	56	3	2	0	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	86	0	6	44	18	27	5	0	13	3	3	0	11	10	1	1	3	6	2	0	0	53	53	5	2	24	13	16	2	0	124	124	9	29	59	32	33	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	71	57	10	4	33	16	22	0	239	232	73	51	111	62	66	0	0	123	122	62	18	52	35	36	4	0	188	188	10	11	89	49	50	3		89
🟩 23 Aug 1978, Villa 4-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane	Scorer(s) \| Allan Evans \| 35' \| John Gregory \| 49' \| Brian Little \| 80' \| Gary Shelton \| 86' \|	Assist(s) \| Dennis Mortimer \| 49' \| Gary Shelton \| 80' \|	1st= (+5)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	56	56	17	58						26	20			13	198	197	6	26	85	57	56					87	0	6	45	18	27	5	0	13	3	3		12	11	2	1	3	7	2	0	0	54	54	5	2	25	13	16	2	0	125	125	9	30	60	32	33	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	72	58	10	4	34	16	22	0	240	233	74	51	112	62	66	0	0	189	189	10	11	90	49	50	3	0	34	27	4	2	13	8	13	0	1	90
🟥 26 Aug 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	6th (-5)	🟨 Gordon Cowans, Dissent	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		57	57	18	59	1	1	0	0	1	26	20	0	0	13	199	198	6	26	85	57	57	0	0	0	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	88	0	6	45	18	28	5	0	13	3	3	0	13	12	2	1	3	7	3	0	0	55	55	5	2	25	13	17	2	0	126	126	9	30	60	32	34	3	3	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	73	59	10	4	34	16	23	1	241	234	74	51	112	62	67	0	0	190	190	10	11	90	49	51	3	0	35	28	4	2	13	8	14	0		91
🟩 30 Aug 1978, Villa 1-0 Wednesday, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Gary Shelton \| 26' \|	Assist(s) \| Gordon Cowans \| 26' \|	2nd Round	🟨 Gordon Smith, Foul	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	58	58	18	59						27	21			13	200	199	6	26	86	57	57					89	0	6	46	18	28	6	0	13	3	3		14	13	2	1	3	8	3	0	0	56	56	5	2	26	13	17	2	0	127	127	9	30	61	32	34	3	4	4	2	1	3	0	1	0	74	60	10	5	35	16	23	1	242	235	74	51	113	62	67	0	0	124	123	62	18	53	35	36	4	0	191	191	10	11	91	49	51	3	3	92
🟨 2 Sep 1978, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Andy Gray \| 23' \|	Assist(s) \| Ken McNaught \| 23' \|	6th (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	59	59	18	60						27	21			14	201	200	6	26	86	58	57					90	0	6	46	19	28	6	0	13	3	3		15	14	2	1	4	8	3	0	0	57	57	5	3	26	14	17	2	0	128	128	9	30	61	33	34	3	5	5	2	1	3	1	1	0	75	61	10	5	35	17	23	1	243	236	74	51	113	63	67	0	0	125	124	63	18	53	36	36	4	0	192	192	10	11	91	50	51	3	4	93
🟩 9 Sep 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road	Scorer(s) \| John Gregory \| 17' \| Andy Gray \| 90' (pen) \|	Assist(s) \| Brian Little \| 17' \|	5th (+1)	🟨 Gordon Smith	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Lee Jenkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		60	60	18	60	1	1	0	0	0	28	22	1	0	14	202	201	6	26	87	58	57	0	0	0	M Lee Jenkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	91	0	6	47	19	28	7	0	13	3	3	0	16	15	2	1	4	9	3	0	0	58	58	5	3	27	14	17	2	0	129	129	9	30	62	33	34	3	5	5	0	0	3	0	2	1	76	62	10	5	36	17	23	1	244	237	74	52	114	63	67	0	0	126	125	64	18	54	36	36	4	0	36	29	5	2	14	8	14	0		94
🟨 16 Sep 1978, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Tommy Craig \| 42' \|	Assist(s) \| Gordon Cowans \| 42' \|	5th (-)	🟨 Allan Evans, Tackle	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB David Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		61	61	18	61	1	1	1	0	0	28	22	0	0	15	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	6	1	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	17	16	2	1	5	9	3	1	0	59	59	5	3	27	15	17	2	0	130	130	9	30	62	34	34	3	37	30	5	2	14	9	14	0	77	63	10	6	36	18	23	1	245	238	74	52	114	64	67	0	0	127	126	64	18	54	37	36	4	0	6	6	2	1	3	2	1	0		6
🟥 23 Sep 1978, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	7th (-2)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB David Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|		62	62	19	62	168	5	42	0	50	28	22	76	0	15	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	12	M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	7	1	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	18	17	2	1	5	9	4	1	0	60	60	5	3	27	15	18	2	0	131	131	9	30	62	34	35	3	38	31	5	2	14	9	15	0	78	64	10	6	36	18	24	1	246	239	74	52	114	64	68	0	0	103	99	42	10	47	26	30	3	0	7	7	2	1	3	2	2	0		7
🟥 30 Sep 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Tommy Craig (pen) \| 20' \|	Assist(s) \| None	11th= (-4)	🟨 Allan Evans, Dissent 🟨 John Gregory	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Lee Jenkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		63	63	20	64	2	2	0	0	1	28	22	1	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	M Lee Jenkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	8	2	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	19	18	2	1	5	9	5	2	0	61	61	5	3	27	15	19	2	0	132	132	9	30	62	34	36	3	39	32	5	2	14	9	16	1	79	65	10	6	36	18	25	1	247	240	74	52	114	64	69	0	0	104	100	42	10	47	26	31	3	0	8	8	2	1	3	2	3	0		8
🟨 4 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Brian Little \| 41' \|	Assist(s) \| Ken McNaught \| 41' \|	3rd Round	🟨 John Gregory, Dissent 🟨 John Deehan, Innocuous tackle	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|		64	64	20	65	169	6	43	0	50	28	22	76	0	16	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	12	M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	9	2	0	3	2	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	20	19	2	1	6	9	5	2	0	62	62	5	4	27	16	19	2	0	133	133	9	30	62	35	36	3	40	33	5	2	14	10	16	2	9	9	2	1	3	3	3	0	248	241	75	52	114	65	69	0	0	105	101	42	10	47	27	31	4	0	193	193	10	11	91	51	51	3		9
🟨 7 Oct 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury	Scorer(s) \| John Gregory \| 84' \|	Assist(s) \| Dennis Mortimer \| 84' \|	10th= (+1)	🟨 Ken McNaught, Pulling back	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Ian Hendry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	65	65	20	66						28	22			17	4	3	0	0	0	3	1					164	4	3	76	44	50	12	2	0	0	3		21	20	2	1	7	9	5	2	0	63	63	5	4	27	17	19	2	0	134	134	9	31	62	36	36	3	41	34	6	2	14	11	16	2	10	10	2	0	3	3	4	1	249	242	75	52	114	66	69	0	0	106	102	42	10	47	28	31	4	0	194	194	10	11	91	52	51	3	1	170
🟨 10 Oct 1978, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	3rd Round	🟥 Allan Evans 🟨 Allan Evans, Dissent 🟨 Allan Evans, Innocuous tackle 🟨 Leighton Phillips 🟨 Andy Gray	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		66	66	20	66	1	1	1	0	0	28	23	0	0	18	5	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	165	4	3	76	45	50	13	2	0	0	3	0	22	21	2	1	8	9	5	4	1	64	64	5	4	27	18	19	2	0	135	135	9	31	62	37	36	3	42	35	6	2	14	12	16	2	11	11	2	0	3	4	4	1	107	103	42	10	47	29	31	4	0	128	127	64	18	54	38	36	5	0	195	195	10	11	91	53	51	3		171
🟨 14 Oct 1978, Villa 2-2 United, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| John Gregory \| 32' \| 45' \|	Assist(s) \| Andy Gray \| 32' \| Willie Young \| 45' \|	9th= (+1)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Ian Hendry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	67	67	20	68						28	23			19	203	202	6	26	87	59	57					5	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	13	3	3		65	65	5	4	19	27	19	2	0	172	166	4	3	76	46	50	13	2	43	36	8	2	14	13	16	2	12	12	2	0	3	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	108	104	42	10	47	30	31	4	0	129	128	64	19	54	39	36	5	0	196	196	10	11	91	54	51	3	2	6
🟩 16 Oct 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road	Scorer(s) \| Andy Gray \| 19' \| 71' \| John Gregory \| 31' \|	Assist(s) \| Ken McNaught \| 19' \| Brian Little \| 31' \| Tommy Craig \| 71' \|	3rd Round	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	68	68	20	68						29	24			19	204	203	6	26	88	59	57					6	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	13	3	3		66	66	5	5	19	28	19	2	0	173	167	4	3	77	46	50	13	2	136	136	9	31	63	37	36	3	44	37	9	2	15	13	16	2	13	13	2	1	4	5	4	1	250	243	75	53	115	66	69	0	0	130	129	66	19	55	39	36	5	0	197	197	10	11	92	54	51	3	5	7
🟩 21 Oct 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'	Scorer(s) \| Andy Gray \| 8' \|	Assist(s) \| Brian Little \| 8' \|	7th= (+2)	🟨 Ken McNaught, Tackle from behind 🟨 John Gregory, Dissent	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	69	69	20	68						30	25			19	205	204	6	26	89	59	57					67	5	5	29	19	19	3	0	13	3	3		8	7	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	23	22	2	1	10	8	5	4	1	137	137	9	31	64	37	36	3	45	38	9	2	16	13	16	3	14	14	2	1	5	5	4	1	251	244	75	54	116	66	69	0	0	131	130	67	19	56	39	36	5	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	67
🟥 27 Oct 1978, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park.	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	10th= (-3)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|		70	70	21	70	174	7	46	0	51	30	25	77	0	19	206	205	6	26	89	59	58	4	3	13	M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	8	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	13	3	3	2	24	23	2	1	8	10	6	4	1	68	68	5	5	29	19	20	3	0	138	138	9	31	64	37	37	3	46	39	9	2	16	13	17	3	15	15	2	1	5	5	5	1	252	245	75	54	116	66	70	0	0	132	131	67	19	56	39	37	5	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	1	0		9
🟨 4 Nov 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| John Deehan \| 62' \|	Assist(s) \| John Gidman \| 62' \|	10th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|		71	71	21	71	25	2	9	0	6	30	25	10	0	20	207	206	6	27	89	60	58	2	1	4	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	9	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	13	3	3	1	69	69	5	5	20	29	20	3	0	175	168	4	3	77	47	51	13	2	139	139	9	31	64	38	37	3	47	40	9	2	16	14	17	3	16	16	2	1	5	6	5	1	253	246	75	54	116	67	70	0	0	109	105	43	10	47	31	31	4	0	133	132	67	19	56	40	37	6		10
🟥 8 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	4th Round	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		72	72	22	73	80	15*	17	-	26*	30	25	36	-	20	208	207	6	27	89	60	59	10	6	1	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	24	2	1	10	9	7	4	1	13	3	3	0	11	10	0	0	6	2	3	0	0	70	70	5	5	29	20	21	3	0	140	140	9	31	64	38	38	3	48	41	9	2	16	14	18	3	17	17	2	1	5	6	6	1	254	247	75	54	116	67	71	0	0	110	106	43	10	47	31	32	4	0	134	133	67	19	56	40	38	6		26
🟩 11 Nov 1978, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Molineux	Scorer(s) \| Gary Shelton \| 39' \| Ken McNaught \| 43' \| John Deehan \| 81' \| Dennis Mortimer \| 85' \|	Assist(s) \| Brian Little \| 39' \| 85' \| John Gidman \| 43' \| Dennis Mortimer \| 81' \|	9th (+1)	🟨 John Gregory, Foul	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	73	73	22	73						31	26			20	209	208	6	28	90	60	59					71	6	5	30	20	21	3	0	13	3	3		12	11	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	27	25	2	1	11	9	7	4	1	141	141	10	32	65	38	38	3	10	10	3	1	4	3	3	0	81	66	10	6	37	18	26	1	255	248	75	56	117	67	71	0	0	111	107	44	10	48	31	32	4	0	49	42	9	2	17	14	18	4	3	71
🟩 18 Nov 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| John Deehan \| 59' \| Gordon Cowans \| 70' \|	Assist(s) \| Gary Shelton \| 59' \| 70' \|	7th= (+2)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		74	74	22	73	1	1	0	0	0	32	27	1	0	20	210	209	6	28	91	60	59	0	0	0	M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	72	6	5	31	20	21	3	0	13	3	3	0	13	12	0	0	6	4	3	0	0	28	26	2	1	12	9	7	4	1	142	142	10	32	66	38	38	3	11	11	3	3	5	3	3	0	82	67	11	6	38	18	26	1	112	108	45	10	49	31	32	4	0	50	43	9	2	18	14	18	4	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	0		72
🟥 21 Nov 1978, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	9th (-2)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|		75	75	23	75	95	4	19	0	29	32	27	47	0	20	211	210	6	28	91	60	60	0	6	7	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	13	0	0	4	6	4	0	0	13	3	3	0	29	27	2	1	9	12	8	4	1	73	73	6	5	31	20	22	3	0	143	143	10	32	66	38	39	3	12	12	3	3	5	3	4	0	83	68	11	6	38	18	27	1	113	109	45	10	49	31	33	4	0	51	44	9	2	18	14	19	4	0	6	2	0	0	4	0	2	0		14
🟨 25 Nov 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, Hawthorns.	Scorer(s) \| Allan Evans \| 64' \|	Assist(s) \| Gordon Cowans \| 64' \|	9th (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	76	76	23	76						32	27			21	212	211	6	28	91	61	60					74	6	5	31	21	22	3	0	13	3	3		15	14	0	0	7	4	4	0	0	30	28	3	1	12	10	8	4	1	144	144	10	32	66	39	39	3	18	18	2	1	5	7	6	1	84	69	11	7	38	19	27	1	114	110	45	10	49	32	33	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	52	45	9	2	18	15	19	4	2	74
🟩 9 Dec 1978, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge	Scorer(s) \| Allan Evans \| 15' \|	Assist(s) \| Gary Shaw \| 15' \|	9th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|		77	77	23	76	66	1	13	0	15	33	28	38	0	21	213	212	6	28	92	61	60	5	11	5	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	92	0	6	48	19	29	7	0	13	3	3	0	31	29	4	1	10	13	8	4	1	75	75	6	5	32	21	22	3	0	145	145	10	32	67	39	39	3	19	19	2	1	6	7	6	1	85	70	11	7	39	19	27	1	115	111	45	10	50	32	33	4	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	53	46	9	2	19	15	19	4		96
🟨 16 Dec 1978, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Own Goal \| 79' \|	Assist(s) \| None	9th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	78	78	23	77						33	28			22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0					30	4	1	13	11	8	4	1	0	0	3		214	213	6	28	62	92	60	13	3	16	15	0	0	4	8	4	0	0	76	76	6	5	32	22	22	3	146	146	10	32	67	40	39	3	86	71	11	7	39	20	27	1	116	112	45	10	50	33	33	4	0	20	20	2	1	6	8	6	1	0	54	47	9	2	19	16	19	4	5	32
🟨 23 Dec 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	9th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	79	79	23	77						33	29			23	2	2	0	0	0	2	0					31	4	1	13	12	8	4	1	0	0	3		215	214	6	28	63	92	60	13	3	17	16	0	0	4	9	4	0	0	77	77	6	5	32	23	22	3	147	147	10	32	67	41	39	3	87	72	11	7	39	21	27	1	117	113	45	10	50	34	33	4	0	21	21	2	1	6	9	6	1	0	13	13	3	3	5	4	4	0	16	33
🟨 26 Dec 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| John Gregory \| 21' \| 26' \|	Assist(s) \| Kenny Swain \| 21' \| John Deehan \| 26' \|	9th (-)	🟨 Ken McNaught, Confrontation 🟨 Kenny Swain, Dissent	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	80	80	23	79						33	29			24	3	3	0	1	0	3	0					32	4	1	13	13	8	4	1	1	0	3		216	215	6	29	64	92	60	13	3	18	17	0	0	4	10	4	0	0	78	78	6	5	32	24	22	4	148	148	10	32	67	42	39	3	88	73	11	7	39	22	27	1	118	114	45	11	50	35	33	4	0	22	22	2	1	6	10	6	1	0	55	48	11	2	19	17	19	4	6	34
🟥 10 Jan 1979, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	3rd Round	🟥 John Deehan, Kick	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	81	81	24	81						33	29			24	4	4	0	1	0	3	1					33	4	1	13	13	9	4	1	1	0	3		217	216	6	29	64	92	61	13	3	19	18	0	0	4	10	5	0	0	79	79	6	5	32	24	23	4	149	149	10	32	67	42	40	3	89	74	11	7	39	22	28	1	119	115	45	11	50	35	34	4	1	23	23	2	1	6	10	7	1	0	56	49	11	2	19	17	20	4	7	35
🟨 31 Jan 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison	Scorer(s) \| Gary Shelton \| 49' \|	Assist(s) \| None	9th (-)	🟨 Dennis Mortimer, Foul	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|		82	82	24	82	67	2	14	0	15	33	29	38	0	25	5	5	0	1	0	4	1	5	11	5	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	34	4	1	13	14	9	4	1	1	0	3	0	218	217	6	29	65	92	61	13	3	20	19	0	0	4	11	5	0	0	80	80	6	5	32	25	23	4	150	150	10	32	67	43	40	4	90	75	11	7	39	23	28	1	24	24	2	1	6	11	7	1	0	57	50	11	2	19	18	20	4	0	14	14	4	3	5	5	4	0		36
🟨 24 Feb 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford	Scorer(s) \| Kenny Swain \| 58' \|	Assist(s) \| Dennis Mortimer \| 58' \|	12th (-3)	🟨 tbc	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Joe Ward \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|		F Kevin Ready \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	83	83	24	83						33	29			26	6	6	1	1	0	5	1					35	4	1	13	15	9	4	1	1	0	3		219	218	6	29	66	92	61	13	3	21	20	0	0	4	12	5	0	0	151	151	10	33	67	44	40	4	15	15	4	3	5	6	4	0	91	76	11	7	39	24	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	25	2	1	6	12	7	1	0	58	51	11	2	19	19	20	4	1	37
🟩 3 Mar 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Gordon Cowans \| 80' \|	Assist(s) \| None	11th (+1)	🟨 John Gregory	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			84	84	24	83						34	30			26	7	7	1	1	1	5	1					36	4	1	14	15	9	4	1	1	0	3		220	219	6	29	66	93	61	13	3	22	21	0	0	5	12	5	0	0	152	152	10	33	68	44	40	4	59	52	11	2	20	19	20	5	92	77	12	7	40	24	28	1	256	249	75	56	118	67	71	0	0	135	134	67	19	57	40	38	6	0	26	26	2	1	7	12	7	1		38
🟩 7 Mar 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Andy Gray \| 17' \| Kenny Swain \| 30' \| Own Goal \| 45' \|	Assist(s) \| John Gidman \| 17' \| Andy Gray \| 30' \|	8th (+3)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		85	85	24	83	120	5	35	0	34	35	31	51	0	26	8	8	2	1	2	5	1	45	11	4	F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	37	4	1	15	15	9	4	1	1	0	3	1	221	220	6	30	66	94	61	13	3	23	22	0	0	6	12	5	0	0	68	66	5	11	39	14	15	5	60	53	11	2	21	19	20	5	93	78	12	7	41	24	28	1	257	250	75	56	119	67	71	0	0	136	135	68	20	58	40	38	6	0	27	27	2	1	8	12	7	1		39
🟥 10 Mar 1979, Villa 0-2 Boro, Ayresome	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	8th= (-)	🟨 Gordon Cowans, Foul 🟨 Gary Williams, Foul	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			86	86	25	85						35	31			26	9	9	2	1	2	5	2					3	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	3		24	23	0	0	12	6	6	1	0	40	38	4	1	15	15	10	4	1	61	54	11	2	21	19	21	5	94	79	12	7	41	24	29	2	69	67	5	11	39	14	16	5	258	251	75	56	119	67	72	0	0	137	136	68	20	58	40	39	6	0	28	28	2	1	8	12	8	1		7
🟩 20 Mar 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Allan Evans \| 34' \| John Gidman \| 72' (pen) \| Dennis Mortimer \| 89' \|	Assist(s) \| John Gregory \| 34' \| Kenny Swain \| 89' \|	8th (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		87	87	25	86	8	5	0	0	3	36	31	5	0	26	222	221	7	30	95	66	61	0	0	0	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	39	5	1	16	15	10	4	1	13	3	3	0	10	10	2	2	5	3	2	1	0	25	24	0	0	7	12	6	1	0	153	153	11	33	69	44	40	4	62	55	11	3	22	19	21	5	95	80	12	7	42	24	29	2	259	252	75	56	120	67	72	0	0	138	137	68	20	59	40	39	6	0	29	29	2	1	9	12	8	1		41
🟥 24 Mar 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| John Gidman \| 39' (pen) \| Andy Gray \| 44' \|	Assist(s) \| Kenny Swain \| 44' \|	11th (-3)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	88	88	26	89						36	31			26	223	222	8	30	95	66	62					40	5	1	16	15	11	4	1	13	3	3		11	11	2	3	5	3	3	1	0	26	25	0	0	7	12	7	1	0	154	154	11	33	69	44	41	4	63	56	11	3	22	19	22	5	96	81	12	7	42	24	30	2	260	253	75	56	120	67	73	0	0	139	138	69	20	59	40	40	6	0	30	30	2	1	9	12	9	1	1	42
🟨 28 Mar 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Allan Evans \| 49' \|	Assist(s) \| Gordon Cowans \| 49' \|	11th= (-)	🟨 John Gregory	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	89	89	26	90						36	31			27	12	12	2	3	3	6	3					155	11	33	69	45	41	4	0	1	0	3		27	26	0	0	13	7	7	1	0	43	41	6	1	16	16	11	4	1	9	4	0	0	5	1	3	0	97	82	12	8	42	25	30	2	64	57	11	3	22	20	22	6	261	254	75	56	120	68	73	0	0	140	139	69	20	59	41	40	6	0	31	31	2	1	9	13	9	1	2	155
🟥 4 Apr 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	13th (-2)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	90	90	27	94						36	31			27	224	223	8	30	95	66	63					13	2	3	3	6	4	1	0	13	3	3		81	81	6	5	25	32	24	4	0	44	42	6	1	16	16	12	4	1	156	156	11	33	69	45	42	4	70	68	5	11	39	14	17	5	65	58	11	3	22	20	23	6	262	255	75	56	120	68	74	0	0	141	140	69	20	59	41	41	6	0	32	32	2	1	9	13	10	1	13*	13
🟨 7 Apr 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road	Scorer(s) \| John Deehan \| 77' \|	Assist(s) \| Ken McNaught \| 77' \|	12th (+1)	🟥 Allan Evans, Retaliation	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	91	91	27	95						36	31			28	225	224	8	30	95	67	63					43	6	1	16	17	12	4	2	13	3	3		14	14	2	3	7	3	4	1	0	82	82	6	6	32	26	24	4	0	157	157	11	33	69	46	42	4	71	69	5	11	39	15	17	5	98	83	12	8	42	26	30	2	263	256	75	56	120	69	74	0	0	121	116	46	11	51	36	34	4	1	66	59	11	3	22	21	23	6	2	45
🟨 11 Apr 1979, Villa 3-3 Derby, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Gordon Cowans \| 26' \| 55' \| John Gidman \| 51' (pen) \|	Assist(s) \| Brian Little \| 26' \| 55' \|	11th= (+1)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		92	92	27	98	28	2	14	0	7	36	31	7	0	29	226	225	9	30	95	68	63	0	0	1	RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	15	2	3	3	8	4	1	0	13	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	83	83	6	6	32	27	24	4	0	158	158	11	33	69	47	42	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	99	84	14	8	42	27	30	2	264	257	75	58	120	70	74	0	0	122	117	46	11	51	37	34	4	1	72	70	5	11	39	16	17	5		15
🟥 14 Apr 1979, Villa 0-1 Leeds, Elland Road	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	14th (-3)	🟨 Colin Gibson, Foul	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	93	93	28	99						36	31			29	227	226	9	30	95	68	64					16	2	3	3	8	5	1	0	13	3	3		46	44	6	1	17	16	13	4	2	84	84	6	6	32	27	25	4	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	73	71	5	11	39	16	18	5	100	85	14	8	42	27	31	2	265	258	75	58	120	70	75	0	0	123	118	46	11	51	37	35	4	1	67	60	11	3	22	21	24	6	3	16
🟩 16 Apr 1979, Villa 3-1 Liverpool, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Allan Evans \| 33' \| Own Goal \| 41' \| John Deehan \| 84' \|	Assist(s) \| Allan Evans \| 84' \|	10th= (+4)	🟨 Ken McNaught, Handling 🟨 John Gregory, High tackle	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	94	94	28	100						37	31			29	228	227	9	30	96	68	64					17	2	3	4	8	5	1	0	13	3	3		47	45	7	2	17	17	13	4	2	85	85	6	6	33	27	25	5	0	159	159	11	33	70	47	42	4	4	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	101	86	14	8	43	27	31	2	124	119	47	11	52	37	35	4	1	68	61	11	3	23	21	24	7	0	74	72	5	11	40	16	18	5	4	17
🟩 21 Apr 1979, Villa 2-1 Norwich, Carrow Road	Scorer(s) \| Gary Shelton \| 13' \| Alex Cropley \| 72' \|	Assist(s) \| Alex Cropley \| 13' \| John Gidman \| 72' \|	10th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		95	95	28	101	10	6	1	0	3	38	31	6	0	29	229	228	9	31	97	68	64	0	0	0	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	4	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	13	3	3	0	86	86	6	6	27	34	25	5	0	18	18	2	3	5	8	5	1	0	160	160	11	33	71	47	42	4	16	16	5	3	6	6	4	0	102	87	14	8	44	27	31	2	125	120	47	11	53	37	35	4	1	69	62	11	3	24	21	24	7	0	75	73	6	12	41	16	18	5		5
🟩 25 Apr 1979, Villa 5-1 Arsenal, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Gary Shelton \| 49' \| 51' \| 85' (pen) \| John Deehan \| 69' \| 73' \|	Assist(s) \| Dennis Mortimer \| 51' \| 73' \| John Gidman \| 69' \|	9th (+1)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	96	96	28	102						39	31			29	230	229	9	32	98	68	64					5	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	13	3	3		3	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	19	19	2	3	6	8	5	1	0	161	161	11	35	72	47	42	4	17	17	8	3	7	6	4	0	103	88	14	8	45	27	31	2	126	121	49	11	54	37	35	4	1	70	63	11	3	25	21	24	7	0	76	74	6	12	42	16	18	5	5	6
🟩 28 Apr 1979, Villa 2-1 Chelsea, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Own Goal \| 68' \| Kenny Swain \| 82' \|	Assist(s) \| None	8th= (+1)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	97	97	28	103						40	31			29	231	230	9	32	99	68	64					6	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	13	3	3		48	46	7	2	17	18	13	4	2	20	20	3	3	7	8	5	1	0	162	162	11	35	73	47	42	4	18	18	8	3	8	6	4	0	104	89	14	8	46	27	31	2	127	122	49	11	55	37	35	4	1	71	64	11	3	26	21	24	7	0	77	75	6	12	43	16	18	5	8	7
🟨 2 May 1979, Villa 2-2 Ipswich, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| Kenny Swain \| 8' \| John Deehan \| 13' \|	Assist(s) \| Gordon Cowans \| 8' \| Kenny Swain \| 13' \|	8th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	98	98	28	105						40	31			30	232	231	9	32	99	69	64					7	0	0	5	2	1	1	0	13	3	3		49	47	7	2	18	18	13	4	2	21	21	4	4	7	9	5	1	0	163	163	11	35	73	48	42	4	19	19	8	3	8	7	4	0	105	90	14	9	46	28	31	2	128	123	50	11	55	38	35	4	1	72	65	11	3	26	22	24	7	0	78	76	6	12	43	17	18	5	6	8
🟨 5 May 1979, Villa 0-0 Bolton, Burnden	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	8th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	99	99	28	105						40	32			31	233	232	9	32	99	70	64					22	4	4	7	10	5	1	0	13	3	3		50	48	7	2	19	18	13	4	2	87	87	6	6	34	28	25	5	0	164	164	11	35	73	49	42	4	9	8	0	0	5	3	1	1	106	91	14	9	46	29	31	2	129	124	50	11	55	39	35	4	1	73	66	11	3	26	23	24	7	0	79	77	6	12	43	18	18	5	8	22
🟥 8 May 1979, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	8th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		100	100	29	108	11	7	1	0	4	40	32	6	0	31	234	233	9	32	99	70	65	0	0	0	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	23	4	4	7	10	6	1	0	13	3	3	0	51	49	7	2	19	18	14	4	2	88	88	6	6	34	28	26	5	0	165	165	11	35	73	49	43	4	10	9	0	0	5	3	2	1	107	92	14	9	46	29	32	2	130	125	50	11	55	39	36	4	1	74	67	11	3	26	23	25	7	0	80	78	6	12	43	18	19	5		23
🟥 11 May 1979, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park	Scorer(s) \| None	Assist(s) \| None	8th= (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		101	101	30	109	12	8	1	0	5	40	32	6	0	31	235	234	9	32	99	70	66	0	0	0	M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	24	4	4	7	10	7	1	0	13	3	3	0	52	50	7	2	19	18	15	4	2	89	89	6	6	34	28	27	5	0	166	166	11	35	73	49	44	4	11	10	0	0	5	3	3	1	20	20	8	3	8	7	5	0	131	126	50	11	55	39	37	4	1	75	68	11	3	26	23	26	7	0	81	79	6	12	43	18	20	5		24
🟩 15 May 1979, Villa 3-2 Manchester City, Maine Road	Scorer(s) \| Alex Cropley \| 50' \| Dennis Mortimer \| 72' \| John Deehan \| 75' \|	Assist(s) \| Kenny Swain \| 50' \| 72' \| 75' \|	8th (-)	None	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	102	102	30	111						41	32			31	236	235	9	32	100	70	66					167	12	35	74	49	44	5	0	13	3	3		90	90	6	6	28	35	27	5	0	25	25	4	7	8	10	7	1	0	12	11	0	0	6	3	3	1	76	69	11	3	27	23	26	7	108	93	14	9	47	29	32	2	266	259	75	58	121	70	75	0	0	132	127	51	11	56	39	37	4	1	82	80	7	12	44	18	20	5	3	167

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