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.Football, The Times, 11 August 1978
There were debut appearances for Gary Williams (324), Colin J Gibson (185), Gary Shaw (165), Kenny Swain (148), Brendan Ormsby (117),https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/player/brendan-ormsby Gary Shelton (24), Lee Jenkins (3), Joe Ward (3) and Willie Young.
Villa won both games in the Second City derby.
League table
Matches
Source: avfchistory.co.uk
FA Cup
Teams from the Football League First and Second Division entered in the Third round. The third round of games in the FA Cup were intended to be played on 6 January 1979, but only four games were actually played on this date. Twenty more ties were played midweek over 8–10 January with a few more taking place on 15–16 and one on 18 January. Replays were intended for 9–10 January but again took place at various times. One tie, between Wrexham and Stockport County, suffered six postponements before finally being played on 1 February, by which time Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday had played five times, the tie needing a fourth replay before being settled. Maidstone United and Altrincham were the last non-league clubs left in the competition.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate6Nottingham Forest2–0Aston Villa10 January 1979
League Cup
Second round Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa (1) 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday (3) 30 August 1978 Third round Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 1–1 Crystal Palace 4 October 1978
Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate Crystal Palace 0–0After Extra Time Aston Villa 10 October 1978
2nd Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 3–0 Crystal Palace 16 October 1978 Fourth round Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 0–2 Luton Town 8 November 1978
Squad All Aston Villa players: 1979
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