Game #3552
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 September 1979
Drew
21st (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Arsenal
Attendance: 27,277
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Arsenal
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 September 1979
🟢 | 1' Debut, Des Bremner, David Geddis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
🟨 | Booking, Brian Little, No apparent reason
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa fail to score for the fourth consecutive match to make it one win, three draws and three defeats in seven League matches this season as they slump to 21st place in the early Division One table.
Meanwhile, midfielder Des Bremner, 27, and forward David Geddis, 21, made their Villa debuts after moving from Hibernian for £275,000 plus forward Joe Ward and Ipswich Town for £300,000 respectively.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #270 |
Saturday, 22 September 1979
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴 | Deeside, 1978-1989 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 270 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 | 75 🟥 76 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴 | Deeside, 1978-1989 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Penalised the attacking Brian Little for a non-existent offence, on it's own probably one of those things that just happen but coming on the back of two previous horror performances from the officials it couldn't be ignored.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders hands David Geddis and Des Bremner their debuts in place of Joe Ward and John Deehan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.93 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.64 |
Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 20.92 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | 🟢 |
MANAGER
Terry Neill | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK Paul Barron | 🏴 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
M John Hollins | 🏴 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴 |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Steve Gatting | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
🟢 CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 24 September 1979