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Game #3573

Wednesday, 30 January 1980

Attendance: 36,835

Won

FA Cup 4th Round Replay

4th Round

Cambridge United

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Park

Emergency striker Terry Donovan is the hero to beat second tier Cambridge as he scores two and creates another in Villa's 4-1 win in the Villa Park replay.

Aston Villa

4-1

Cambridge United

Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 2' | Terry Donovan | 60' |

KEY MAN

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Gary Shaw, (80 Seconds)
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 1-1 (Cambridge United), Steve Spriggs
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 2-1, Terry Donovan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Cambridge United
⚽ | 58' Goal, 3-1, Allan Evans
⚽ | 60' Goal, 4-1, Brian Little, Assist by Terry Donovan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Cambridge United

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa beat second division Cambridge at the second attempt in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Cambridge United

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cambridge United

Previous 5 vs. Cambridge: 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #291 |
Wednesday, 30 January 1980

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: A Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Walmer, Kent
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: A Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Walmer, Kent
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Cambridge United

None

A Taylor

TEAM NEWS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.64 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.99 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.20 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Cambridge United

GK Malcolm Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lindsay Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Fallon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jamie Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Floyd Streete | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Spriggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tommy Finney | 🇬🇧 |
CF George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Jamie Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Roger Gibbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

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