Game #3567
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 19 December 1979
Aston Villa
3-0
Coventry City
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 24,446
Won
5th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 8' | 60' | Terry Bullivant | 51' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 December 1979
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Terry Donovan
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by Terry Bullivant
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it consecutive wins and have now lost just once in fourteen Division One games to make it seven wins, nine draws and four defeats in twenty League matches this season. As a result Villa climb to fifth in the table. Meanwhile, Terry Donovan made a goalscoring debut for Villa after moving from Grimsby Town in September 1979 for a fee of £90,000.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #285 |
Wednesday, 19 December 1979
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 285 | 🟩 | 125 🟨 | 82 🟥 78 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 April 1977, Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Terry Donovan makes his debut in place of David Geddis.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.88 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.09 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0d4f436b164742139f2bfd5d7f1829f0~mv2.gif)
Coventry City
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
CB Jim Holton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴 |
M Ray Gooding | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair (ex) | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 | (W Steve Whitton | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0d4f436b164742139f2bfd5d7f1829f0~mv2.gif)
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Thursday, 20 December 1979
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