Game #3578
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 February 1980
Won
7th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
West Bromwich Albion
Attendance: 33,658
The Hawthorns
West Brom
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 48' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa bounce back from their Highbury defeat to win at the Hawthorns and make it four League wins in their last five but Ron Saunders' men drop back to seventh in the table with games in hand.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 February 1980
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Bryan Robson
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 1-1, Ken McNaught, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Brian Little
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa beat Albion to make it eleven wins, nine draws and six defeats in twenty six League matches.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
West Bromwich Albion
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #296 |
Saturday, 23 February 1980
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴 | Doncaster, 1977-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 296 | 🟩 | 132 🟨 | 84 🟥 80 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴 | Doncaster, 1977-1995
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Tony Morley (first start in 27 games after injury) and Gary Shaw replace David Geddis and Terry Donovan.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.06 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.27 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
West Bromwich Albion
GK Tony Godden | 🏴 |
D Garry Pendrey | 🏴 |
D John Wile | 🏴 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴 |
M Bryan Robson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Remi Moses | 🏴 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴 |
F John Deehan (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F David Mills | 🏴 |
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 | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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