Game #3494
Aston Villa
18-10-13, 46 PTS
Saturday, 29 April 1978
Won
8th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Ipswich Town
11-13-17, 35 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 30,955
Aston Villa
6-1
Ipswich Town
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 14' | Brian Little | 17' | 45' | 53' | John Deehan | 23' | Andy Gray | 68' |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Bobby Robson | 🏴 |
Ipswich Town
GK Paul Overton | 🏴 |
RB George Burley | 🏴 |
CB Allan Hunter | 🇬🇧 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴 |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴 |
M John Wark | 🏴 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 29 April 1978, Villa 6-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 April 1978
Villa record their fifth successive victory as they destroy Ipswich at Villa Park, humiliating the FA Cup finalists to climb back to 8th in the table.
With one game remaining a 7th placed finish is still possible for Villa and can be secured with victory at relegation threatened Wolves in the final match of the season.
Villa make it eighteen wins, ten draws and thirteen defeats in forty one division one games this season under Ron Saunders.
With one goal in his previous 28 games, Gordon Cowans scores for the fourth time in five matches to make it 68 Appearances, 54 Starts, W32 D15 L21, 10 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.86 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
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