M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Midfielder

1978-79 🕒 32 | 32 (0) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 | #592 |

Previous Player	Next Player
M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #591 \|	CB David Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #593 \|

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Thomas Brooks Craig	21 November 1950	Glasgow	Scotland	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	Scotland	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Personal

Transfer In

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1977-78	1 January 1978	27	£270,000	Newcastle United		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Villa Career

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1978-79 | £270k |
Football League First Division |
🕒 32 | 32 (0) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 | #592 |

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1978-79

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
2	32	32	0	0

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
2	1	1	0

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
3	16.00

Seasons

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1977-78	26	D1		4	4	0	0		0

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1978-79	27	D1		28	28	0	2	1	0								14.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🇺	🔥	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1977-78

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1978-79

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

1967-69 Aberdeen
Scottish First Division
🕒 45 | ⚽ 8 | (League)

1969-74 Sheffield Wednesday, £0.10m
Football League First Division, Second Division
🕒 214 | ⚽ 48 | (League)

1974-77 Newcastle United
Football League First Division
🕒 150 | 148 (2) | ⚽ 28 |

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1977-78	28 January 1978	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Transfer In	Transfer In

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1977-78	28 January 1978	27	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Loans Out

None

Final

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1978-79	4 April 1979	28	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1978-79	4 April 1979	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1978-79	30 June 1979	28	£150,000	Swansea City		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Subsequent Clubs

1979-81 Swansea City
Football League Second Division
🕒 52 | ⚽ 9 | (League)

1981-84 Carlisle United
Football League Third Division, Second Division
🕒 98 | ⚽ 10 | (League)

1984-85 Hibernian FC
Scottish Premier League
🕒 11 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1985 Retired aged 34

Quotes

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Quotes

Biography

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Biography

Appearances

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Appearances

32

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3476	🟩 28 Jan 1978, Villa 1-0 Bristol City, Villa Park	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3477	🟩 4 Feb 1978, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3478	🟥 25 Feb 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3481	🟥 11 March 1978, Villa 1-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3501	🟩 9 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: M Lee Jenkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3502	🟨 16 September 1978, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB David Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3503	🟥 23 September 1978, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB David Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|
Game #3504	🟥 30 September 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Lee Jenkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3505	🟨 4 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|
Game #3506	🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3507	🟨 10 October 1978, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3508	🟨 14 October 1978, Villa 2-2 United, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3509	🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3510	🟩 21 October 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3511	🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|
Game #3512	🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3513	🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3517	🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3518	🟩 9 December 1978, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3519	🟨 16 December 1978, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3520	🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3521	🟨 26 Dec 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3522	🟥 10 Jan 1979, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3523	🟨 31 Jan 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3524	🟨 24 Feb 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Joe Ward \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3525	🟩 3 Mar 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3526	🟩 7 March 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3527	🟥 10 March 1979, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3528	🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3529	🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3530	🟨 28 March 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3531	🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.	Starting XI: 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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| Subs: None

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Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3476	🟩 28 Jan 1978, Villa 1-0 Bristol City, Villa Park	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟢 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #3477	🟩 4 Feb 1978, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3478	🟥 25 Feb 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3481	🟥 11 March 1978, Villa 1-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| 🔥 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3501	🟩 9 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #3502	🟨 16 September 1978, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB David Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3503	🟥 23 September 1978, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB David Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🚑 \| 🔁 \|
Game #3504	🟥 30 September 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3505	🟨 4 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \|
Game #3506	🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3507	🟨 10 October 1978, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| 🟨 \| 🟥 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \|
Game #3508	🟨 14 October 1978, Villa 2-2 United, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟢 \| 🔥 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \|
Game #3509	🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| W Frank Carrodus \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \|
Game #3510	🟩 21 October 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #3511	🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Willie Young \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \| 🔴 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3512	🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🔁 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Leighton Phillips \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 🔴 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \|
Game #3513	🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔁 \|
Game #3517	🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \|
Game #3518	🟩 9 December 1978, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔴 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🔁 \|
Game #3519	🟨 16 December 1978, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3520	🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3521	🟨 26 Dec 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🟨 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| ⚽ \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \|
Game #3522	🟥 10 Jan 1979, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟥 \|
Game #3523	🟨 31 Jan 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔁 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \|
Game #3524	🟨 24 Feb 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| F Joe Ward \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \|
Game #3525	🟩 3 Mar 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3526	🟩 7 March 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔥 \| 🔁 \|
Game #3527	🟥 10 March 1979, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Alex Cropley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3528	🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3529	🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \|
Game #3530	🟨 28 March 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Tommy Craig \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|
Game #3531	🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.	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 \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔴 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Andy Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🔴 \|

Starts

Subs

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Unused

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

Goals

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Goals Scored

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)
Game #3502	🟨 16 September 1978, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park.	Scorer(s) \| Tommy Craig \| 42' \|
Game #3504	🟥 30 September 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.	Scorer(s) \| Tommy Craig (pen) \| 20' \|

Assists

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Assists Made

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)
Game #3509	🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.	Assist(s) \| Ken McNaught \| 19' \| Brian Little \| 31' \| Tommy Craig \| 71' \|

Cards

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Cards Received

🟨

1 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

International Career

Scotland

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa
	Scotland	1978-79 🕒 0 \| 0 (0) \| ⚽ 0 \| 🔥 0 \| 🇺- \|

FA	National Team	Full International Record
	Scotland	1976 🕒 1 \| 1 (0) \| ⚽ 0 \|

FA	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals
	0	0	0	0

FA	First Cap with Villa

FA	First International Goal with Villa

FA	Last Cap with Villa

International Record

1978-79 🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺- |

Scotland

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match

Matches

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Matches

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 28 Jan 1978, Villa 1-0 Bristol City, Villa Park

Game #3476

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #194 |
Saturday, 28 January 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 80' |

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 80' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Jimmy Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tommy Craig
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-0, John Deehan, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol City

On This Day

Villa return after a two week break between games which allows injury recovery to progress and offers an opportunity for a hopeful reset of relations with more competent officials. Happily for once there was no refereeing controversy but instead a “dismal” game enlightened by one John Deehan goal, dismal was preferable to what had gone before mind you.
Ron Saunders' Villa record only their second League win in seven to make it ten wins, six draws and nine defeats in twenty five division one games this season.
Meanwhile, Midfielder Tommy Craig made his Villa debut after moving from Newcastle United for a club record fee of £250,000 earlier this month.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 4 Feb 1978, Villa 1-0 Arsenal, Highbury

Game #3477

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match-week | #26 |
Manager Game | #195 |
Saturday, 4 February 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 22' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Hudson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Malcolm Macdonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Mark Heeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Malcolm MacDonald
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Villa record successive League wins for the first time since November to make it eleven wins, six draws and nine defeats in twenty six division one games this season under Ron Saunders.
Played in terrible conditions that only the referee - and apparently Ron Saunders - believed was appropriate for football, Villa secure victory to move back to 8th in the table for the first time since November.
Gordon Cowans secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (38 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L17, 6 Goals and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Gary Shelton makes his first appearance in the Villa squad aged 19 after joining from Walsall in January for a fee of £60,000.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 25 Feb 1978, Villa 0-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's

Game #3478

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #196 |
Saturday, 25 February 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Archie Styles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pat Howard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Towers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Steve Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Steve Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Malcolm Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🔁 | 30’ Sub off, John Gidman (Injury), Sub on, John Gregory
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Trevor Francis
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Another three week lay off and Villa have the pleasure of a visit to neighbours Birmingham and to the shock of everyone present lose a game that saw the home side utterly outclassed.
Villa hit the woodwork on no less than four occasions but still no breakthrough.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it eleven wins, six draws and ten defeats in twenty seven division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 11 March 1978, Villa 1-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Game #3481

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hadley Wood, Herts, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #199 |
Saturday, 11 March 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Gregory | 87' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Smith | 87' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 64' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Colin Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick McGuire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Suggett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it eleven wins, seven draws and eleven defeats in twenty nine division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 9 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.

Game #3501

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #219 |
Saturday, 9 September 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Gregory | 17' | Andy Gray | 90' (pen) |

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 17' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Beattie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Arnold Mühren | 🇳🇱 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Trevor Whymark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa win for the first time in three as Andy Gray scores his third of the season from the penalty spot in the final seconds.
Villa beat Ipswich to make it three wins, a draw and a defeat in five division one games so far this season under Ron Saunders.
Midfielder Lee Jenkins, 17, makes his Villa debut as a 70' substitute after joining from school football in June 1977 and graduating from the youth ranks to become the 597th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gordon Cowans makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (61 Starts) to make it W36 D16 L23, 10 Goals and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 16 September 1978, Villa 1-1 Everton, Villa Park.

Game #3502

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Homewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #220 |
Saturday, 16 September 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tommy Craig | 42' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 42' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Terry Darracott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mickey Walsh | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa draw at home to make it three wins, two draws and a defeat in six division one games so far this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 23 September 1978, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road.

Game #3503

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #221 |
Saturday, 23 September 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 58' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ernie Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martyn Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Rachid Harkouk | 🇩🇿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul McGee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Ron Abbott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

💥 | Villa reduced to 10 men after John Deehan leaves field of play for treatment to a headwound.
💥 | John Deehan returns to field of play after four minutes.
🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Rachie Harkouk
🔁 | 58’ Sub off, John Deehan (Injury), Sub on, Leighton Phillips
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose as David Evans makes his third and final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving to Halifax Town in June 1979. As a result, Villa make it three wins, two draws and two defeats in seven division one games so far this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 30 September 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

Game #3504

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #222 |
Saturday, 30 September 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tommy Craig (pen) | 20' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 59' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Birtles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F John O'Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose a second successive game for the first time this season to make it three wins, two draws and three defeats in eight division one games.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 4 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Palace, Villa Park.

Game #3505

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Morrissey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cheshire, 1968-1979 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #223 |
Wednesday, 4 October 1978

League Cup

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 41' |

Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 41' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Chatterton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mike Elwiss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Injury ravaged Villa can only draw with second division high flyers Palace in the League Cup third round ahead of a Selhurst Park replay.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 7 October 1978, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Highbury.

Game #3506

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #224 |
Saturday, 7 October 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Gregory | 84' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 84' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ian Hendry

Starting XI

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F John Kosmina | 🇦🇺 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa end a run of two league defeats to make it three wins, three draws and three defeats in nine division one games this season. Meanwhile, 18 year old midfielder Ian Hendry makes his first appearance in the Villa squad having joined from Eastercraigs.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 10 October 1978, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.

Game #3507

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Deal, 1973-1984
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #12 |
Manager Game | #225 |
Tuesday, 10 October 1978

League Cup

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 38' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Chatterton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mike Elwiss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Ian Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa can't beat second division high flyers Palace in the League Cup third round at the second attempt.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 14 October 1978, Villa 2-2 United, Villa Park.

Game #3508

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Keyworth, 1975-1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #226 |
Saturday, 14 October 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Gregory | 32' | 45' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ian Hendry

Starting XI

GK Paddy Roche | 🇮🇪 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Stewart Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gordon McQueen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it three wins, four draws and three defeats in ten division one games this season as winger Willie Young makes his Villa debut aged 20 after moving from Arthurlie in July 1978 for a fee of £9,000.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 26 October 1978, Villa 3-0 Palace, Highfield Road.

Game #3509

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #227 |
Monday, 16 October 1978

League Cup

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 19' | 71' | John Gregory | 31' |

Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 19' | Brian Little | 31' | Tommy Craig | 71' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Chatterton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Mike Elwiss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa beat second division high flyers Palace in the League Cup third round at the third attempt. Meanwhile, Frank Carrodus made his final appearance for Villa aged aged due to injury before moving on to Wrexham in December 1979. Carrodus played for Villa between 1974-75 and 1978-79 making 196 appearances and scoring 6 goals.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 21 October 1978, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

Game #3510

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Toseland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1971-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #228 |
Saturday, 21 October 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 8' |

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 8' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Montgomery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Garry Pendrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Alberto Tarantini | 🇦🇷 |
M Jimmy Calderwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Emmanuel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Steve Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Stewart Barrowclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins, four draws and three defeats in eleven division one games this season as they climb back to 8th in the table.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 27 October 1978, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.

Game #3511

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Scunthorpe, 1977–1979
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #229 |
Friday, 27 October 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | for W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 68' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Jim Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in seven to make it four wins, four draws and four defeats in twelve division one games this season. Meanwhile, Willie Young made his third and final appearance for Villa aged 22 just a fortnight after his debut before moving on to Torquay United in October 1981.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 4 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

Game #3512

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #230 |
Saturday, 4 November 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Deehan | 62' |

Assist(s) | John Gidman | 62' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔴 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Futcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Viljoen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Roger Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Ron Futcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins, five draws and four defeats in thirteen division one games this season. Meanwhile, Leighton Phillips made his final Villa appearance aged 29 before moving to Swansea City later this month. Phillips played for Villa between 1974-75 and 1978-79 making 175 appearances and scoring 4 goals.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, Villa Park.

Game #3513

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #18 |
Manager Game | #231 |
Wednesday, 8 November 1978

League Cup

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | and CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 12' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Milija Aleksic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
CB Paul Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mark Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lil Fuccillo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bob Hatton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

D Kirk Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose to second division strugglers Luton in the League Cup having needed three attempts to get past fellow second tier side Palace in the previous round.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 25 November 1978, Villa 1-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.

Game #3517

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #235 |
Saturday, 25 November 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans | 64' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 64' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

LB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D John Wile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Len Cantello | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Laurie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it six wins, six draws and five defeats in seventeen division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 9 December 1978, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

Game #3518

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #236 |
Saturday, 9 December 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans | 15' |

Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 15' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Bob Iles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Stride | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Graham Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Britton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Aylott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Clive Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 82' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Alex Cropley
🕒 | FT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

A still injury ravaged Villa luck in at Stamford Bridge as they benefit from a curious power play between referee and linesman as Allan Evans strikes from an offside position to put Villa ahead with the ultimately crucial winning goal.
Meanwhile, Ron Saunders is busy buying in new players to try and offset the injury crisis that has plagued the club since the start of the campaign.
Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in three to make it seven wins, six draws and five defeats in eighteen division one games this season.
Meanwhile, full back Gordon Smith made his final Villa appearance age 24 before moving on to Spurs in February 1979 for a fee of £150,000. Smith played for Villa between 1976-77 and 1978-79 making 96 appearances.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 16 December 1978, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

Game #3519

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1966-1979
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #237 |
Saturday, 16 December 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 79' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Ryan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick McGuire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Martin Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Jimmy Neighbour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 1’ Debut, Kenny Swain
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Kevin Reeves
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 1-1 Own Goal, Mick McGuire
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City

On This Day

An excellent debut from Kenny Swain promises much but a scarcely believable rearguard action from former Villa ‘keeper Kevin Keegan keeps Ron Saunders’ men at bay and they have to settle for a point against John Bond’s woefully negative anti-football style.
Ron Saunders' Villa go three games unbeaten to make it seven wins, seven draws and five defeats in nineteen division one games this season.
Meanwhile, right back Kenny Swain made his Villa debut aged 26 after moving from Chelsea for a fee of £100,000 earlier this month

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 23 December 1978, Villa 0-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.

Game #3520

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1975–1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #238 |
Saturday, 23 December 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK David McKellar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Steve Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Roy McFarland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Steve Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
M Jonathon Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Steve Carter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Caskey | 🇬🇧 |
W Gordon Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB David Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Vic Moreland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

💥 | 10’ Goal disallowed, Kenny Swain
🕒 | HT Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Derby County 0-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

A simply unbelievable refereeing performance gifts Derby an undeserved goalless draw.
Kenny Swain legitimately puts Villa ahead from a John Deehan cross on 9’ but the ball exits the goal through a hole in the net. The referee, Derek Richardson - described as having an “undistinguished match” - delayed the game for two minutes, inspected the net, called for repairs, was surrounded by Derby players, consulted his linesman and ruled Swain's strike out for a non-existent offside.
Richardson would refuse to discuss his performance and decisions following the game much to the chagrin of the gathered press corps.
Ron Saunders' Villa go four games unbeaten to make it seven wins, eight draws and five defeats in twenty division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 26 Dec 1978, Villa 2-2 Leeds, Villa Park.

Game #3521

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Edward Hughes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Weston-Super-Mare, 1976-1979
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #239 |
Tuesday, 26 December 1978

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Gregory | 21' | 26' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK David Harvey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carl Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tony Currie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF John Hawley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Keith Parkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa rush into a two goal lead after another brace from John Gregory but Eddie Gray and Leeds mount a second half comeback and a frustrating defensive game to take a point from a game Villa should have run away with.
Ron Saunders' Villa go five games unbeaten to make it seven wins, nine draws and five defeats in twenty one division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 10 Jan 1979, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground

Game #3522

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966-1981 🆘
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #240 |
Wednesday, 10 January 1979

FA Cup

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Frank Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Birtles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa, denied two blatant penalties by referee Pat Partridge, have John Deehan sent off in the final stages after two second half goals in 18 minutes dumps them out of the FA Cup.
Villa had appeared in the ascendancy before Forest’s opener and after Vic Anderson deliberately handled in the box, and Frank Clark committed a neck high tackle on Gordon Cowans in the area a strong whiff of injustice for the Ron Saunders’ injury hit squad bubbled ferociously in the background.
Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in six as they are knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by Forest.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 31 Jan 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park

Game #3523

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1972-1986
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #241 |
Wednesday, 31 January 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gary Shelton | 49' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 83' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Martin Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mickey Walsh | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

RB Neil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa miss out on their sixth away victory of the season as Everton hit a last gasp equaliser at Goodison despite being outplayed by Ron Saunders’ patchwork side. Villa played Allan Evans as centre forward alongside Kenny Swain but still were in the ascendancy throughout.
Ron Saunders' Villa go six games unbeaten in the league to make it seven wins, ten draws and five defeats in twenty two division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 24 Feb 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford

Game #3524

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #242 |
Saturday, 24 February 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Kenny Swain | 58' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 58' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Joe Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Kevin Ready | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Gary Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gordon McQueen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven League games to make it seven wins, eleven draws and five defeats in twenty three division one games this season under Ron Saunders.
Villa’s eleventh draw in twenty three games - after they concede a penalty at Old Trafford to hand Manchester United a lucky point - sees them fall back to twelfth in the table.
Villa have three and in some cases five games in hand over their rivals.
Forward Joe Ward, 24, makes his Villa debut after joining from Clyde in December 1978 for a fee of £80,000 to become the 603rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gordon Cowans makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (90 Appearances) to make it W39 D23 L28, 11 Goals and 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Forward Kevin Ready makes his first appearance in the Villa squad after signing from Yarmouth for £2,000.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 3 Mar 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

Game #3525

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #243 |
Saturday, 3 March 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 80' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Neil Freeman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alberto Tarantini | 🇦🇷 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Malcolm Page | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Towers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Don Givens | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Alan Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟨 | 18’ Booking, John Gregory
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City

On This Day

Half fit Andy Gray and Brian Little return after their four month injury lay-offs to boost Villa as they record a narrow, but simple, victory over neighbours Birmingham at Villa Park,
Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in seven but go eight games unbeaten in the league to make it eight wins, eleven draws and five defeats in twenty four division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 7 March 1979, Villa 3-0 Bolton, Villa Park.

Game #3526

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southgate, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #244 |
Wednesday, 7 March 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Andy Gray | 17' | Kenny Swain | 30' | Own Goal | 45' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Seamus McDonagh | 🇮🇪 |
RB Peter Nicholson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Walsh | 🇮🇪 |
LB David Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Tony Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Roy Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Willie Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Gowling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | LB David Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Neil Whatmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it successive wins to go nine games unbeaten in the league and make it nine wins, eleven draws and five defeats in twenty five division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 10 March 1979, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

Game #3527

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lincoln, 1974-1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #245 |
Saturday, 10 March 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Stuart Boam | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Peter Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Micky Burns | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF David Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in ten league games to make it nine wins, eleven draws and six defeats in twenty six division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 20 March 1979, Villa 3-1 QPR, Villa Park.

Game #3528

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Flint | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1973–1982
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #246 |
Tuesday, 20 March 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans | 34' | John Gidman | 72' (pen) | Dennis Mortimer | 89' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Derek Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Gillard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ernie Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Clement | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Martyn Busby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it ten wins, eleven draws and six defeats in twenty seven division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 24 March 1979, Villa 2-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

Game #3529

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #247 |
Saturday, 24 March 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | John Gidman | 39' (pen) | Andy Gray | 44' |

Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 44' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Mark Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB John Lacy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Don McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Terry Naylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jimmy Holmes | 🇮🇪 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 |
M John Pratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Villa | 🇦🇷 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the second time in three to make it ten wins, eleven draws and seven defeats in twenty eight division one games this season.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟨 28 March 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

Game #3530

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Nolan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1974-1981
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #248 |
Wednesday, 28 March 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans | 49' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 49' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Holton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Barry Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Donato Nardiello | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Andy Blair (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa are held at home in a drab game to remain 11th in the table.
Villa make it ten wins, twelve draws and seven defeats in twenty nine division one games this season under Ron Saunders.
Gordon Cowans contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 96th appearance (81 Starts) to make it W42 D24 L30, 12 Goals and 8 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.

Game #3531

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966-1981
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Season | 1978-79 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #249 |
Wednesday, 4 April 1979

Division One

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔴 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F John O'Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa suffer their heaviest defeat of the season to make it ten wins, twelve draws and eight defeats in thirty division one games this season. Casualties abounded as the Forest debacle would prove to be centre forward Andy Gray’s final Villa appearance. Villa had signed Gray from Dundee United for a fee of £110,000 as a 19 year old and he went on to represent Villa between 1975-76 and 1978-79 but was significantly out of favour with boss Ron Saunders in 1978-79 and ostracised in 1979-80 before his departure from the club to Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1979 for a fee of £1,469,000. Also seeing his Villa career end was midfielder Tommy Craig who made his final appearance aged 26 before moving on to Swansea City in July 1979 for a fee of £150,000. Villa had signed Craig from Newcastle United in January 1978 for £270,000 and he played for the club between 1977-78 and 1978-79 making 32 appearances and scoring twice.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Midfielder

1978-79 🕒 32 | 32 (0) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 | #592 |

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Personal Profile

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Transfer In

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Villa Career

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Played Under

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Career Summary

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Season by Season Record

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Goalkeeping Record

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Honours

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Debut

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

First Goal Date

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Loans Out

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Final Appearance

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Transfer Out

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Subsequent Clubs

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Quotes

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Biography

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M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Appearances

32

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Starts

32

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Substitute Appearances

0

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Goals Scored

2

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Assists Made

1

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Cards Received

🟨

1

🟥

0

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International Career

Scotland

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International Record

1978-79 🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺- |

Scotland

Starter

Substitute

Goals

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

Matches

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #592 |

🟩 28 Jan 1978, Villa 1-0 Bristol City, Villa Park