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Game #3572

Saturday, 26 January 1980

Attendance: 12,000

Drew

FA Cup 4th Round

4th Round

Cambridge United

LWWWD

Abbey Stadium

Villa are held but second division Cambridge in the fourth round of the FA Cup ahead of a replay at Villa Park.

Cambridge United

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 16' |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

16’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Gary Shaw
34’ Goal, 1-1, (Cambridge United), Dennis Mortimer o.g.
HT Cambridge United 1-1 Aston Villa
FT Cambridge United 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa can only draw with second division Cambridge in the fourth round of the FA Cup ahead of a replay at Villa Park.

Aston Villa

Cambridge United

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Cambridge: | - | - | - | - | - |

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #290 |
Saturday, 26 January 1980

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | LWWWD |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

CARDS

Villa

None

Cambridge United

None

TEAM NEWS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.63 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 31.98 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 18.19 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders

MANAGER

Aston Villa

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 |
F Terry Donovan |

Cambridge United

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
Alex Cropley |
Frank Carrodus |
Mike Pejic |
David Geddis |
Tony Morley |

UNAVAILABLE

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“It was definitely an own goal.

“It rocketed off my head as I was watching the Cambridge centre forward in an offside position."

Dennis Mortimer.

*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 27 January 1980