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AVFC History
Season #91
| 1979-80 |
Games #3586 - #3637 |
1979-80 Club Summary
President | Trevor Gill
Chairman | Harry Kartz
Manager | Ron Saunders
Secretary | Steve Stride
1979-80 Season Summary
Manager | Ron Saunders |
Games | #3586 - #3637 |
Captain(s) | #584 Dennis Mortimer |
Top Scorer | 12 | #600 Gary Shaw | 11 League | 1 FA Cup |
Most Appearances | 52 | #586 Gordon Cowans | 42 League | 6 FA Cup | 2 League Cup |
Final League Position | 7th Football League Division One |
FA Cup Progress | Quarter Final |
League Cup Progress | 3rd Round |
Biggest Win | 4-1 vs. Cambridge United, FA Cup |
Highest Home Attendance | 42,161 vs. Blackburn Rovers |
1979-80 Division One Table
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | P42 | W20 | D8 | L14 | F63 | A43 | GD 20 | Pts 48 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | P42 | W19 | D9 | L14 | F58 | A47 | GD 11 | Pts 47 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | P42 | W16 | D14 | L12 | F51 | A50 | GD 1 | Pts 46 |
| 8 | Southampton | P42 | W18 | D9 | L15 | F65 | A53 | GD 12 | Pts 45 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | P42 | W16 | D12 | L14 | F50 | A44 | GD 6 | Pts 44 |
1979-80 Results
| 1 | 18 Aug | a | Bolton Wanderers | D | 1-1 | Match Report
| 2 | 22 Aug | h | Brighton & Hove Albion | W | 2-1 | Match Report
| 3 | 25 Aug | h | Bristol City | L | 0-2 | Match Report
| 4 | 28 Aug | a | Colchester United (LC R2 L1) | W | 2-0 | Match Report
| 5 | 1 Sep | a | Everton | D | 1-1 | Match Report
| 6 | 5 Sep | a | Colchester United (LC R2 L2) | L | 0-2 | Match Report
| 7 | 8 Sep | h | Manchester United | L | 0-3 | Match Report
| 8 | 15 Sep | a | Crystal Palace | L | 0-2 | Match Report
| 9 | 22 Sep | h | Arsenal | D | 0-0 | Match Report
| 10 | 25 Sep | h | Everton (LC R3) | D | 0-0 | Match Report
| 11 | 29 Sep | a | Middlesbrough | D | 0-0 | Match Report
| 12 | 6 Oct | h | Southampton | W | 3-0 | Match Report
| 13 | 8 Oct | a | Everton (LC R3 Replay) | L | 1-4 | Match Report
| 14 | 13 Oct | h | West Bromwich Albion | D | 0-0 | Match Report
| 15 | 20 Oct | a | Derby County | W | 3-1 | Match Report
| 16 | 27 Oct | a | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D | 1-1 | Match Report
| 17 | 3 Nov | h | Bolton Wanderers | W | 3-1 | Match Report
| 18 | 10 Nov | a | Ipswich Town | D | 0-0 | Match Report
| 19 | 17 Nov | h | Stoke City | W | 2-1 | Match Report
| 20 | 24 Nov | h | Leeds United | D | 0-0 | Match Report
| 21 | 1 Dec | a | Norwich City | D | 1-1 | Match Report
| 22 | 8 Dec | h | Liverpool | L | 1-3 | Match Report
| 23 | 15 Dec | a | Tottenham Hotspur | W | 2-1 | Match Report
| 24 | 19 Dec | h | Coventry City | W | 3-0 | Match Report
| 25 | 26 Dec | a | Nottingham Forest | L | 1-2 | Match Report
| 26 | 29 Dec | a | Bristol City | W | 3-1 | Match Report
| 27 | 4 Jan | a | Bristol Rovers (FAC R3) | W | 2-1 |
| 28 | 12 Jan | h | Everton | W | 2-1 |
| 29 | 26 Jan | a | Cambridge United (FAC R3) | D | 1-1 |
| 30 | 30 Jan | h | Cambridge United (FAC R3 Replay) | W | 4-1 |
| 31 | 2 Feb | h | Crystal Palace | W | 2-0 |
| 32 | 9 Feb | a | Arsenal | L | 1-3 |
| 33 | 16 Feb | a | Blackburn Rovers (FAC R4) | D | 1-1 |
| 34 | 20 Feb | h | Blackburn Rovers (FAC R4 Replay) | W | 1-0 |
| 35 | 23 Feb | a | West Bromwich Albion | W | 2-1 |
| 36 | 27 Feb | h | Manchester City | D | 2-2 |
| 37 | 1 Mar | h | Derby County | W | 1-0 |
| 38 | 3 Mar | a | Brighton & Hove Albion | D | 1-1 |
| 39 | 8 Mar | a | West Ham United (FAC QF) | L | 0-1 |
| 40 | 10 Mar | h | Wolverhampton Wanderers | L | 1-3 |
| 41 | 15 Mar | a | Southampton | L | 0-2 |
| 42 | 19 Mar | h | Middlesbrough | L | 0-2 |
`| 43 | 22 Mar | h | Ipswich Town | D | 1-1 |
| 44 | 26 Mar | h | Norwich City | W | 2-0 |
| 45 | 29 Mar | a | Stoke City | L | 0-2 |
| 46 | 5 Apr | h | Nottingham Forest | W | 3-2 |
| 47 | 7 Apr | a | Manchester City | D | 1-1 |
| 48 | 19 Apr | a | Leeds United | D | 0-0 |
| 49 | 23 Apr | a | Manchester United | L | 1-2 |
| 50 | 26 Apr | h | Tottenham Hotspur | W | 1-0 |
| 51 | 29 Apr | a | Coventry City | W | 2-1 |
| 52 | 3 May | a | Liverpool | L | 1-4 |
1979-80 Other Matches of Note
International Friendly | 10 Aug | h | FC Twente |
FA Youth Cup Final L2 | 30 Apr | h | Manchester City | Aggregate 3-2 | Walker, Walters, Birch |
Ron Saunders Testimonial | 7 May | h | Birmingham City | L | 2-3 | 18,204 | Geddis, Gibson |
1979-80 Season Review
After the regular inconsistency and injury hit season of 1978-79 Villa needed to hit 1979-80 in a fitter, luckier and more solid fashion to post some positive results. It didn't work out that way, in their first 10 league games Villa won twice, lost 3 and drew 5, scoring 7. Over the same period Villa were dumped out of the League Cup in the third round.
But the on field troubles only told half the story - ongoing and seemingly perpetual boardroom struggles centred on the behaviour of Herbert Douglas Ellis created turmoil in the background whilst a significant turnover of high profile players and previous mainstays of the side meant Villa, with a suddenly under pressure manager, were very much in a transition - as much unexpected as it was unseamless.
That disappointing start seemed to trigger something in Villa and they went unbeaten in 8, and eventually lost just 3 in 25 games through to March 1980, winning 13, although goals were still at a premium throughout the season not least through March as Villa scored 3 in 6 games, losing 4. A brief unbeaten run was punctuated by occasional defeats to eventually leave Villa 7th in the top flight - their fourth consecutive season top 8 finish, but they were crying out for the missing piece of the jigsaw - an out of out goalscorer to turn those regular draws into wins.
1979-80 Season Statistics
Games | 52 |
Won | 20 | 38% |
Drew | 17 | 33% |
Lost | 15 | 29% |
Unbeaten | 37 | 71% |
Goals Scored | 63 | 1.21 Goals per game |
Goals Conceded | 61 | 1.17 Goals per game |
Clean Sheets | 15 | 29% |
Average Home Attendance | 28,005 |
Longest winning run | 3 Games |
League winning run | 2 Games |
Longest unbeaten run | 8 Games |
Longest losing run | 4 Games |
Games without a win | 7 Games |
1979-80 Transfers
1 July 1979 - 30 June 1980
Incoming | 10 |
#616 Robert Hopkins | West Midland County Boys | Free | Jul 79 | 17 |
# Mark Jones | Warley Schools | Free | Jul 79 | 20 |
#614 Terry Donovan | Grimsby Town | £90,000 | Aug 79 | 21 |
#618 Noel Blake | Youth Team | Aug 79 | 17 |
#609 Mike Pejic | Everton | £225,000 | Sep 79 | 29 |
#610 Des Bremner | Hibernian | £275,000 | Sep 79 | 27 |
#611 David Geddis | Ipswich Town | £300,000 | Sep 79 | 21 |
#617 Pat Heard | Everton | £150,000 | Oct 79 | 19 |
#612 Terry Bullivant | Fulham | £220,000 | Nov 79 | 23 |
#619 Peter Withe | Newcastle United | £500,000 | May 80 | 28 |
Outgoing | 7 |
#595 John Gregory | Brighton & Hove Albion | £300,000 | Jul 79 | 25 |
#582 Andy Gray | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £1,469,000 | Sep 79 | 23 |
#583 John Deehan | West Bromwich Albion | £500,000 | Sep 79 | 22 |
#564 John Gidman | Everton | £650,000 | Oct 79 | 25 |
#573 Frank Carrodus | Wrexham | £70,000 | Dec 79 | 30 |
#607 Joe Ward | Hibernian | £6,000 | Jan 80 | 25 |
#559 Brian Little | Retired | Released | Mar 80 | 25 |
1979-80 Squad Changes
Debut Appearances | 11 |
#608 Tony Morley | Saturday, 18 August 1979 | Bolton Wanderers (a) | 24 |
#609 Mike Pejic | Saturday, 15 September 1979 | Crystal Palace (a) | 29 |
#610 Des Bremner | Saturday, 22 September 1979 | Arsenal (h) | 27 |
#611 David Geddis | Saturday, 22 September 1979 | Arsenal (h) | 21 |
#612 Terry Bullivant | Saturday, 8 December 1979 | Liverpool (h) | 23 |
#613 Eamonn Deacy | Saturday, 15 December 1979 | Tottenham Hotspur (a) | 21 |
#614 Terry Donovan | Wednesday, 19 December 1979 | Coventry City (h) | 21 |
#615 Nigel Spink | Wednesday, 26 December 1979 | Nottingham Forest (a) | 21 |
#616 Robert Hopkins | Wednesday, 26 March 1980 | Norwich City (h) | 18 |
#617 Pat Heard | Wednesday, 26 March 1980 | Norwich City (h) | 20 |
#618 Noel Blake | Saturday, 26 April 1980 | Tottenham Hotspur (h) | 18 |
Final Appearances | 7 |
#588 Alex Cropley | Wednesday, 22 August 1979 | Brighton & Hove Albion (h) | 28 |
#601 Lee Jenkins | Wednesday, 22 August 1979 | Brighton & Hove Albion (h) | 18 |
#583 John Deehan | Saturday, 15 September 1979 | Crystal Palace (a) | 22 |
#607 Joe Ward | Saturday, 15 September 1979 | Crystal Palace (a) | 24 |
#564 John Gidman | Saturday, 29 September 1979 | Middlesbrough (a) | 25 |
#609 Mike Pejic | Saturday, 8 December 1979 | Liverpool (h) | 29 |
#559 Brian Little | Monday, 10 March 1980 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (h) | 26 |
1979-80 Squad Statistics
Squad Size | 29 | +3 |
Average Age | 22.8 | -0.2 |
Average 1st XI Age | 24.50 | +0.03 |
Youngest 1st XI | 23.23 | Nottingham Forest (a) | +0.34 |
Oldest 1st XI | 25.95 | Middlesbrough (a) | -0.20 |
Youngest Player(s) | 17 |
Noel Blake | 12-Jan-1962
Oldest Player(s) | 31 |
Jimmy Rimmer | 10-Feb-1948
1979-80 Scorers
Goals Scored | 63 | League Goals | 51 | FA Cup Goals | 9 | League Cup Goals | 3 |
| 12 |
Gary Shaw | Goals | 12 | League | 9 | FA Cup | 1 | League Cup | 2 |
| 10 |
Allan Evans | Goals | 10 | League | 8 | FA Cup | 2 | League Cup | 0 |
| 7 |
Gordon Cowans | Goals | 7 | League | 6 | FA Cup | 1 | League Cup | 0 |
| 6 |
Dennis Mortimer | Goals | 6 | League | 6 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 0 |
Brian Little | Goals | 6 | League | 5 | FA Cup | 1 | League Cup | 0 |
| 5 |
Terry Donovan | Goals | 5 | League | 2 | FA Cup | 3 | League Cup | 0 |
| 3 |
Tony Morley | Goals | 3 | League | 3 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 0 |
David Geddis | Goals | 3 | League | 2 | FA Cup | 1 | League Cup | 0 |
Des Bremner | Goals | 3 | League | 3 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 0 |
Own Goal | Goals | 3 | League | 3 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 0 |
| 2 |
Colin Gibson | Goals | 2 | League | 2 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 0 |
| 1 |
Kenny Swain | Goals | 1 | League | 0 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 1 |
Ken McNaught | Goals | 1 | League | 1 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 0 |
Robert Hopkins | Goals | 1 | League | 1 | FA Cup | 0 | League Cup | 0 |
1979-80 First Team Squad
#559 Brian Little | 25 | RETIRED MARCH 1980
#564 John Gidman | 25 | LEFT OCTOBER 1979
#573 Frank Carrodus | 30 | LEFT DECEMBER 1979
#582 Andy Gray | 23 | LEFT SEPTEMBER 1979
#583 John Deehan | 22 | LEFT SEPTEMBER 1979
#584 Dennis Mortimer | 27 |
#586 Gordon Cowans | 20 |
#588 Alex Cropley | 28 |
#592 Ivor Linton | 19 |
#593 Jimmy Rimmer | 31 |
#594 Ken McNaught | 24 |
#598 Allan Evans | 22 |
#599 Gary Shelton | 21 |
#600 Gary Shaw | 17 |
#601 Lee Jenkins | 18 |
#602 Gary Williams | 18 |
#603 Brendan Ormsby | 18 |
#604 Willie Young | 23 |
#605 Colin Gibson | 19 |
#606 Kenny Swain | 27 |
#607 Joe Ward | 24 |
#608 Tony Morley | 24 |
#609 Mike Pejic | 29 |
#610 Des Bremner | 26 |
#611 David Geddis | 21 |
#612 Terry Bullivant | 22 |
#613 Eamonn Deacy | 20 |
#614 Terry Donovan | 21 |
#615 Nigel Spink | 21 |
#616 Robert Hopkins | 17 |
#617 Pat Heard | 19 |
#618 Noel Blake | 17 |
1979-80 Appearances
| 52 |
#586 Gordon Cowans | Appearances | 52 | League | 44 (0) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 51 |
#593 Jimmy Rimmer | Appearances | 51 | League | 43 (0) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 50 |
#606 Kenny Swain | Appearances | 50 | League | 43 (0) | FA Cup | 5 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 44 |
#598 Allan Evans | Appearances | 44 | League | 37 (0) | FA Cup | 5 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
#610 Des Bremner | Appearances | 44 | League | 36 (0) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 40 |
#594 Ken McNaught | Appearances | 40 | League | 32 (0) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
#605 Colin Gibson | Appearances | 40 | League | 32 (1) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 1 (0) | . Player Profile
| 37 |
#559 Brian Little | Appearances | 37 | League | 29 (0) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 36 |
#584 Dennis Mortimer | Appearances | 36 | League | 28 (0) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 33 |
#600 Gary Shaw | Appearances | 33 | League | 30 (0) | FA Cup | 3 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 25 |
#603 Brendan Ormsby | Appearances | 25 | League | 21 (2) | FA Cup | 1 (1) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 24 |
#611 David Geddis | Appearances | 24 | League | 19 (1) | FA Cup | 2 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 20 |
#608 Tony Morley | Appearances | 20 | League | 17 (3) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 16 |
#592 Ivor Linton | Appearances | 16 | League | 12 (3) | FA Cup | 1 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 15 |
#614 Terry Donovan | Appearances | 15 | League | 9 (0) | FA Cup | 6 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 12 |
#609 Mike Pejic | Appearances | 12 | League | 10 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 2 (0) | . Player Profile
| 9 |
#617 Pat Heard | Appearances | 9 | League | 9 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 8 |
#583 John Deehan | Appearances | 8 | League | 8 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 7 |
#564 John Gidman | Appearances | 7 | League | 6 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 1 (0) |. Player Profile
#612 Terry Bullivant | Appearances | 7 | League | 6 (0) | FA Cup | 1 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 5 |
#599 Gary Shelton | Appearances | 5 | League | 4 (1) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 3 |
#618 Noel Blake | Appearances | 3 | League | 3 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
#613 Eamonn Deacy | Appearances | 3 | League | 2 (1) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 2 |
#602 Gary Williams | Appearances | 2 | League | 1 (1) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
#607 Joe Ward | Appearances | 2 | League | 1 (1) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
#616 Robert Hopkins | Appearances | 2 | League | 0 (2) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 1 |
#615 Nigel Spink | Appearances | 1 | League | 1 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
#588 Alex Cropley | Appearances | 1 | League | 1 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
#601 Lee Jenkins | Appearances | 1 | League | 0 (1) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
| 0 |
#573 Frank Carrodus | Appearances | 0 | League | 0 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
#582 Andy Gray | Appearances | 0 | League | 0 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
#604 Willie Young | Appearances | 0 | League | 0 (0) | FA Cup | 0 (0) | League Cup | 0 (0) | . Player Profile
1979-80 'Keepers
Jimmy Rimmer | Appearances | 51 | Conceded | 59 | Ratio | 1.16 |
Nigel Spink | Appearances | 1 | Conceded | 2 | Ratio | 2.00 |
Ron Saunders' sixth season as Villa boss ended in an 7th place finish place in Division One - his 4th successive top 8 finish.
Saunders’ Villa had now achieved a win rate of 44%, losing 28% of their 313 League and FA Cup matches under his leadership.
As a result Saunders had returned 1.60 points per game* across his 313 games in charge of Villa. Saunders was ahead of his predecessors including Tommy Cummings (1.06 in 67), Tommy Doherty (1.20 in 55) Dick Taylor (1.23 in 146), Villa’s first professional manager Jimmy McMullan (1.24 in 99) as well as Eric Houghton (1.31 in 250), George Martin (1.42 in 119), Joe Mercer (1.51 in 282), Alex Massie (1.56 in 227) and Jimmy Hogan (1.59 in 124) but behind Billy Smith’s 1.62 across 364 games, Vic Crowe (1.63 in 222) and George Ramsay’s performance of 1.69 across his 1,332 games.
*Rankings based on 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw in all competitions
1979-80 Kits
1979-80 Season Results
Game #3586
Matchday | #1 |
League Match-week | #1 |
Manager Game | #262 |
Saturday, 18 August 1979
Football League | Division One | Away | Bolton Wanderers | Burnden Park | 19,795 |
Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | Gwyn Owen, Anglesey |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | DLLWD |
Scorers | Gordon Cowans | 74' |
Line Up |
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB Kenny Swain |
D Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Colin Gibson |
M Gordon Cowans | GOAL | 74' |
M Tony Morley | DEBUT |
M Dennis Mortimer |
M Gary Shelton |
F John Deehan |
F Brian Little |
Unused Substitute |
F Gary Shaw |
Match Report
"Morley is the star as Villa draw"
On this day 18 August 1979
Midfielder Tony Morley made his Villa debut aged 24 after moving from Burnley in June 1979 for a fee of £220,000.
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Game #3587
Matchday | #2 |
League Match-week | #2 |
Manager Game | #263 |
Wednesday, 22 August 1979
Football League | Division One | Home | Brighton & Hove Albion | Villa Park | 28,803 |
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | LLWDW |
Scorers | Allan Evans | 14' (pen) | Tony Morley | 66' |
Line Up |
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB Kenny Swain |
D Allan Evans | GOAL | 14' |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Colin Gibson |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Tony Morley | GOAL | 66' |
M Alex Cropley | SUB OFF | 9' | FINAL |
M Gary Shelton |
F John Deehan |
F Brian Little |
Substitute |
M Lee Jenkins FINAL | for M Alex Cropley | 9' |
Match Report
"Morley puts Brighton on the rocks"
On this day 22 August 1979
Midfielder Alex Cropley made his final appearance for Villa aged 28 before moving on to Portsmouth on a free transfer in September 1981. Villa had signed Cropley from Arsenal in September 1976 for a fee of £125,000 and he went on to play for Villa between 1976-77 and 1979-80 making 84 appearances and scoring 7 goals.
18 year old Midfielder Lee Jenkins made his 3rd and final appearance for Villa before moving on to Port Vale in November 1980.
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Game #3588
Matchday | #3 |
League Match-week | #3 |
Manager Game | #264
Saturday, 25 August 1979
Football League | Division One | Home | Bristol City | Villa Park | 25,526 |
Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | G. Nolan, Stockport |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
Last 5 Games | LWDWL |
Line Up |
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB Kenny Swain |
D Gary Williams | LEFT FIELD INJURED | 75' |
D Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Colin Gibson |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Tony Morley |
M Gary Shelton |
F John Deehan |
F Brian Little | SUB OFF | 25' |
Substitute |
M Ivor Linton for F Brian Little | 25' |
Match Report
"Too young, too green"
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Game #3589
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #265 |
Tuesday, 28 August 1979
League Cup | 2nd Round 1st Leg | Away | Colchester United | Layer Road | 6,221 |
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-0 |
Last 5 Games | WDWLW |
Scorers | Gary Shaw | 35' | 73' |
Line Up |
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB John Gidman |
RB Kenny Swain |
D Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Colin Gibson |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Tony Morley |
M Dennis Mortimer |
F John Deehan |
F Gary Shaw | GOAL | 35' | 73' |
Unused Substitute |
F Terry Donovan |
Match Report
"Shaw hits two for slow Villa"
On this day 28 August 1979
21 year old forward Terry Donovan made his first appearance in the Villa squad following his £90,000 move from Grimsby Town this month.
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Game #3590
Matchday | #5 |
League Match-week | #4 |
Manager Game | #266 |
Saturday, 1 September 1979
Football League | Division One | Away | Everton | Goodison Park | 29,271 |
Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | Don Shaw |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWLWD |
Scorers | Tony Morley | 16' |
Line Up |
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB Kenny Swain | BOOKED |
D Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Colin Gibson |
M Ivor Linton |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Tony Morley | GOAL | 16' |
M Dennis Mortimer | BOOKED |
F John Deehan |
F Gary Shaw |
Unused Substitute |
F Terry Donovan |
Match Report
"Villa survive character test"
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Game #3591
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #267 |
Wednesday, 5 September 1979
League Cup | 2nd Round 2nd Leg | Home | Colchester United | Villa Park | 19,473 |
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-2 |
AET Result | Lost |
AET Score | 0-2 |
Agg Result | Drew |
Agg Score | 2-2 |
Villa won 9-8 on penalties
Last 5 Games | WLWDL |
Line Up |
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB John Gidman |
RB Kenny Swain |
D Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Colin Gibson | SUB OFF | 102' |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Tony Morley |
M Dennis Mortimer |
F John Deehan |
F Gary Shaw |
Substitute |
M Gary Shelton for M Colin Gibson | 102' |
Match Report
"Villa creep through on a shoot-out"
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Game #3592
Matchday | #7 |
League Match-week | #5 |
Manager Game | #268 |
Saturday, 8 September 1979
Football League | Division One | Home | Manchester United | Villa Park | 34,859 |
Manager | Ron Saunders |
Referee | Peter Reeves, Leicester |
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 0-3 |
Last 5 Games | LWDLL |
Line Up |
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB John Gidman |
RB Kenny Swain |
D Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Gary Shelton | SUB OFF |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Tony Morley |
M Dennis Mortimer |
F John Deehan |
F Gary Shaw |
Substitute |
F Joe Ward for M Gary Shelton |
Match Report
"Fans walk out on Villa"
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Game #3593
Matchday | #8 |
League Match-week | #6 |
Manager Game | #269 |
Saturday, 15 September 1979
Football League | Division One | Away | Crystal Palace | Villa Park | 28,156 |