Game #3570
Aston Villa
Friday, 4 January 1980
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
Allan Evans replaces Brendan Ormsby.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.57 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.92 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.13 |
Villa bring in the new year how they ended 1979 - victory in Bristol, this time in the FA Cup, as they beat second tier Rovers.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa make it 🟩 successive wins against the Bristol clubs as they see off Rovers in the third round of the FA Cup.
Forward Gary Shaw 🏴 ⚽ scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (20 Starts).
Won
2-1
🟩 4 Jan 1980, Villa 2-1 Bristol Rovers, Eastville
Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 40' | Gordon Cowans | 71' |
Assist(s) | Brian Little | 71' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 40' Goal, 1-0 Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Bristol Rovers 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 1-1, (Bristol Rovers), Stewart Barrowclough
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 2-1, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Bristol Rovers 1-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #27 |
Manager Game | #288 |
Friday, 4 January 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴 | Essex, 1967-1981
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴 | Essex, 1967-1981
Previous 5 vs. Bristol Rovers: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 288 | 🟩 | 127 🟨 | 82 🟥 79 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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FA Cup
Bristol Rovers
Eastville Stadium
Attendance: 16,060
GK Glyn Jones | 🏴 |
RB Vaughan Jones | 🏴 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴 |
CB Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
D Tony Pulis | 🏴 |
LB Terry Cooper | 🏴 |
M Geraint Williams | 🏴 |
M Frankie Prince | 🏴 |
W Stewart Barrowclough | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Miah Dennehy | 🇮🇪 |
F Shaun Penny | 🏴 |
Harold Jarman | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Gary Emmanuel | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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