Game #3585
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 19 March 1980


Lost
6th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,319
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2

Middlesbrough

Assist(s) | None
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 March 1980
🥅 | 38' Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Billy Ashcroft
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 46' Sub off, David Geddis, Sub on, Ivor Linton
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-2, (Middlesbrough), David Armstrong
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 19 March 1980
Villa’s difficult spell continues as the injury hit side loses for the fourth successive game in all competitions and have one win in seven. Such is the toll on the squad that Kenny Swain is forced to play the second half as striker after David Geddis becomes Villa’s latest injury victim.
Ron Saunders' Villa lose four successive matches for the first time this season to make it twelve wins, eleven draws and nine defeats in thirty two League matches this season.
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Middlesbrough


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #303 |
Wednesday, 19 March 1980
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🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Gilbert Napthine | 🏴 | Loughborough, 1980-1982
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 303 | 🟩 | 133 🟨 | 86 🟥 84 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gilbert Napthine | 🏴 | Loughborough, 1980-1982
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
David Geddis, Terry Donovan and Terry Bullivant replace Gary Shaw, Dennis Mortimer and Ken McNaught.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.12 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.13 |
Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 19.48 |
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Neal | 🏴 |

Middlesbrough
GK Jim Platt | 🏴 |
RB Peter Johnson | 🏴 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴 |
CB Alan Ramage | 🏴 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Mark Proctor | 🏴 |
W Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 |
F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴 |
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | for CF David Geddis | 🏴 | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Graeme Hedley | 🏴 |
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

🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 19 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Boro, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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