1978–79 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1978–79 English football season was Aston Villa's 80th season in the Football League and their fourth consecutive season in the top division. Manager, Ron Saunders had signed a six-year contract in the pre-season.

There were debut appearances for Gary Williams (324), Colin J Gibson (185), Gary Shaw (165), Kenny Swain (148), Brendan Ormsby (117), Gary Shelton (24), Lee Jenkins (3), Joe Ward (3) and Willie Young.

Diary of the season

19 Aug 1978: The First Division season begins with a 1–0 home victory over Wolves.

8 May 1979: Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3–0 at Anfield to clinch the First Division title.

Villa won both games in the Second City derby.

League table

Matches

Source: avfchistory.co.uk

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

All Aston Villa players: 1979

See also

• List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics

References