CITY 2 ASTON VILLA 3
League Division 1
15th May 1979
attendance 30,028
scorers
City Deyna(4 & 63)
Aston Villa Cropley(52), Mortimer(72), Deehan(75)
Ref A Jenkins
City Corrigan, Ranson, Donachie, Henry, Watson, Bell, Channon, Viljoen, Silkman, Hartford, Deyna – sub Palmer(45)
Villa Rimmer, Gidman, Gibson, Gregory, McNaught, Mortimer, Shelton, Little, Deehan, Cropley, Swain – sub Williams(unused)
FROM AN ARTICLE BY JOHN MADDOCKS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY PROGRAMME 6TH MAY 89
The last game of the season saw Aston Villa take both points from a Maine Road encounter. Deyna opened the scoring, leaving defenders trailing. Villa‘s first in 52 minutes resulted from Cropley’s diving header. Deyna popped up again with a banana free-kick to make it 2-1, but Mortimer wiped that one out in the 72nd minute. Then John Deehan grabbed the winner with15 minutes left.