Game #3583
Aston Villa

Monday, 10 March 1980
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Unavailable
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
Gary Shaw and Allan Evans replace Terry Bullivant and Terry Donovan.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.81 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.10 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.31 |
Villa suffer a chastening defeat at home to Wolves just a couple of days after their FA Cup exit and now have one win in the last five in all competitions.
Ron Saunders' Villa lose successive matches for the first time since September to make it twelve wins, eleven draws and seven defeats in thirty League matches this season as they fall back to 8th in the table.

Lost
1-3
🟥 10 Mar 1980, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 32' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Colin Brazier
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Norman Bell
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-2, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-3, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Peter Daniel
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #301 |
Monday, 10 March 1980

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Cliff Maskell | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1977-1982
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Cliff Maskell | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1977-1982
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
Match Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 301 | 🟩 | 133 🟨 | 86 🟥 82 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
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Sub 2
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Villa Park
Attendance: 30,432
GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴 |
LB Emlyn Hughes | 🏴 |
CB Colin Brazier | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Derek Parkin | 🏴 |
CB George Berry | 🏴 |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴 |
M Craig Moss | 🏴 |
M Peter Daniel | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Willie Carr | 🏴 |
CF Norman Bell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Wayne Clarke | 🏴 |
John Barnwell | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Ian Arkwright | 🏴 |
Cards
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973-74
Matchday Squad:
Unavailable
Not Recorded


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