Villa v Man Utd, October 1978

[Charlie8182]

Never seen this before (27 minutes), a brace from John Gregory but not for last time against them we throw it away, although a great save from Rimmer late on from Jordan to earn a point.

https://youtu.be/O3HjlgRm2Hs

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

 Willie Young making his debut for us, only played 3 games.
http://astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1480.html

Unused sub was Ian Hendry, never got on for a 1st team appearance.
http://astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/623.html

Official" attendance 36,204     

 

[dcdavecollett]

Young had a pretty good game, including an 'assist' for the second goal.

Surprising we didn't see more of him.

[Dick Edwards]

I'd forgotten all about Willie Young. He looked a tidy player in that game, certainly one you'd have thought would have got to play more than three times for us.
John Gregory was a very under rated player, particularly by Ron Saunders sadly.

[dcdavecollett]

Yes, what happened to Gregory was quite a disgrace, really.

I'm pleased that he went on to have a good career, including playing for England.

Strangely, we didn't miss John too much as Gary Williams was a bit of a play-anywhere type in defence and midfield after he left.