Aston Villa v Manchester United 1978 – Football Ticket

Saturday 14 October 1978 is the date on this ticket from Aston Villa v Manchester United. The First Division game ended all square at 2-2.

This is a Manchester United match ticket from the Dave Sexton era. Man Utd's goals came from Macari and McIlroy in front of a crowd of 36,204.

Competition	First Division (1978/79)
Result	Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United
Man Utd scorers	Macari, McIlroy
Attendance	36,204
Aston Villa manager	Ron Saunders
Man Utd manager	Dave Sexton

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr

Before this game the two sides had met 92 times in the league: Aston Villa had won 36, Manchester United 39, with 17 drawn.
When the sides met again in February 1979, Manchester United hosted the game and it ended Manchester United 1-1 Aston Villa.
Aston Villa ended the 1978/79 season 8th in the First Division with 46 points.
Steve Coppell was Manchester United's top league scorer in 1978/79 with 11 goals.

SKU: 953723