1977–78 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Aston Villa 1977–78 Ron Saunders Sir William Dugdale, Bt10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.108089 Dugdale, Sir William Stratford, second baronet 10 March 2022 Dyer Christopher 978-0-19-861412-8 http://www.birminghampost.net/news/local-news/former-villa-chairman-bill-dugdale-3921173 Former Villa chairman Bill Dugdale reveals battles with Doug Ellis May 18, 2011 Business LiveFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Villa Park First Division 8th FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round 1976–77 1978–79 Second City Derby 33--28--24 1976–77 1978–79 Recent history of Aston Villa Aston Villa records and statistics The 1977–78 English football season was Aston Villa's 2nd season in Europe and 79th season in the Football League, their third consecutive season in the top division. Villa reached the quarter-final of the UEFA Cup where they went out 4–3 on aggregate against Barcelona. In the domestic league, however, they struggled, and Saunders started rebuilding the team.http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:TND1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13361AE9AA9AB918&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 Deadly's legacy will have lively potential The Independent Shaw Phil 1 November 2005 19 March 2012 London reprint hosted at NewsBank There were debut appearances for Jimmy Rimmer (229), Ken McNaught, John Gregory, Tommy Craig, David Evans and Allan Evans.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History Villa lost both games in the Second City derby.https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/all-the-matches All Aston Villa's Matches AVFC History 6 August 2023 UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 1977-78 Villa in Europe Aston Villa qualifiled following their 4th place finish in the previous season. First round Aston Villa ENG 6–0 Fenerbahçe TUR 4–0 2–0 Second round Aston Villa ENG 3–1 Górnik Zabrze POL 1928 2–0 1–1 Third round Aston Villa ENG 3–1 Athletic Bilbao ESP 1977 2–0 1–1 Quarter-finals Aston Villa ENG 3–4 Barcelona ESP 1977 2–2 1–2 League table First Division y AVL Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFFF Fixtures 1px solid #AAAAAA 20 August 1977 1 QPR 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3442 Aston Villa Deehan 47 Carrodus 55 Loftus Road W 24 August 1977 2 Aston Villa 1–4 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3443 Manchester City Deehan 4 Villa Park L 27 August 1977 3 Aston Villa 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3444 Everton Gray 22 Villa Park L 3 September 1977 4 Bristol City 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3446 Aston Villa Little 20 Ashton Gate D 10 September 1977 5 Aston Villa 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3447 Arsenal Cropley 90 Villa Park W 17 September 1977 6 Forest 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3449 Aston Villa City Ground L 23 September 1977 7 Aston Villa 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3450 Wolves Own Goal 75 Deehan 90 Villa Park W 1 October 1977 8 Aston Villa 0–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3452 Birmingham Villa Park L 5 October 1977 9 Leeds 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3453 Aston Villa Gray 32 Elland Road D 8 October 1977 10 Leicester 0–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3454 Aston Villa Cowans 49 Gray 61 Filbert Street W 15 October 1977 11 Aston Villa 3–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3455 Norwich Gray 18 Cowans 62 Little 77 Villa Park W 22 October 1977 12 West Ham 2–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3457 Aston Villa McNaught 25 Gray 77 Boleyn Ground D 29 October 1977 13 Aston Villa 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3459 United Gray 31 Cropley 40 Villa Park W 5 November 1977 14 Liverpool 1–2 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3461 Aston Villa Gray 41 Gray 72 Anfield W 12 November 1977 15 Aston Villa 0–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3462 Boro Villa Park L 19 November 1977 16 Chelsea 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3463 Aston Villa Stamford Bridge D 3 December 1977 17 Ipswich 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3466 Aston Villa Portman Road L 10 December 1977 18 Aston Villa 3–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3468 Albion Cowans 39 Gray 44 Gidman 54 Villa Park W 17 December 1977 19 Boro 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3469 Aston Villa Ayresome Park L 26 December 1977 20 Aston Villa 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3470 Coventry Deehan 73 Villa Park D 27 December 1977 21 Derby 0–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3471 Aston Villa Little 8 Gray 37 Deehan 89 Baseball Ground W 31 December 1977 22 Manchester City 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3472 Aston Villa Maine Road L 2 January 1978 23 Aston Villa 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3473 QPR Little 22 Villa Park D 14 January 1978 24 Everton 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3475 Aston Villa Goodison Park L 28 January 1978 25 Aston Villa 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3476 Bristol City Deehan 80 Villa Park W 4 February 1978 26 Arsenal 0–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3477 Aston Villa Own Goal 22 Highbury W 25 February 1978 27 Birmingham 1–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3478 Aston Villa St Andrew's L 4 March 1978 28 Aston Villa 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3480 Leicester Villa Park D 11 March 1978 29 Norwich 2–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3481 Aston Villa Gregory 87 Carrow Road L 18 March 1978 30 Aston Villa 4–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3483 West Ham Gregory 18 Deehan 33 Mortimer 75 Gregory 79 Villa Park W 21 March 1978 31 Coventry 2–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3484 Aston Villa Little 34 McNaught 40 Gray 69 Highfield Road W 25 March 1978 32 Aston Villa 0–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3485 Derby Villa Park D 29 March 1978 33 United 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3486 Aston Villa Deehan 71 Old Trafford D 1 April 1978 34 Aston Villa 0–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3487 Liverpool Villa Park L 5 April 1978 35 Aston Villa 0–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3488 Forest Villa Park L 8 April 1978 36 Newcastle 1–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3489 Aston Villa Evans 67 St James' Park D 15 April 1978 37 Aston Villa 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3490 Chelsea Cowans 55 Own Goal 87 Villa Park W 17 April 1978 38 Aston Villa 2–0 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3491 Newcastle Cowans 24 Gray 69 Villa Park W Newcastle United lose and are relegated to the Second Division.Smailes Gordon The Breedon Book of Football Records 2000 Breedon Books Derby 1859832148 140 22 April 1978 39 Albion 0–3 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3492 Aston Villa Deehan 25 Cowans 33 Mortimer 40 The Hawthorns W 26 April 1978 40 Aston Villa 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3493 Leeds Deehan 2 Little 72 Mortimer 74 Villa Park W 29 April 1978 41 Aston Villa 6–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3494 Ipswich Deehan 14 Gray 17 Little 23 Deehan 45 Carrodus 53 Cowans 68 Villa Park W 2 May 1978 42 Wolves 3–1 https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/game/3495 Aston Villa Carrodus 28 Molineux Stadium L Wolves beat Villa 3–1 to stay in the First Division at West Ham United's expense. Source: avfchistory.co.uk FA Cup 1977–78 FA Cup Teams from the Football League First and Second Divisions entered in the Third round. The third round of games in the FA Cup were played on 6–7 January 1978. Replays were mainly played over 9–11 January but some occurred on 16 January instead. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate12Everton4–1Aston Villa7 January 1978 League Cup 1977–78 League Cup Second round Home teamScoreAway teamDate Exeter City 1–3 Aston Villa 31 August 1977 Last 32 Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 1–0 Queens Park Rangers 26 October 1977 Last 16 Home teamScoreAway teamDate Nottingham Forest 4–2 Aston Villa 29 November 1977 Squad All Aston Villa players: 1978 yes yes ENG GK Jimmy Rimmer yes ENG DF John Gidman yes SCO DF Gordon Smith yes WAL DF Leighton Phillips yes SCO DF Ken McNaught yes ENG MF Dennis Mortimer yes ENG FW John Deehan yes ENG FW Brian Little yes SCO FW Andy Gray yes yes ENG MF Gordon Cowans yes ENG MF Frank Carrodus yes ENG DF John Gregory yes SCO MF Alex Cropley yes SCO DF Allan Evans yes SCO MF Tommy Craig yes ENG DF John Robson yes ENG DF Mike Buttress yes ENG DF Ivor Linton References External links AVFC History: 1977–78 Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa F.C. season Category:Long stubs with short prose