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Game #3590

Monday, 7 April 1980

Attendance: 42,584

Drew

Division One

5th (-)

Manchester City

DWLWD

Maine Road

Villa draw with a Manchester City side searching for their first win in eighteen and have goalscorer David Geddis sent off in the final seconds as the game boils over at Maine Road. Villa though remain fifth in the table with five to play.

Manchester City

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 43' |

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MATCH TIMELINE

43’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis, Assist by Tony Morley
HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
63’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City), Paul Power
90’ Sending off, David Geddis, Tussle
FT Manchester City 1-1 Aston Villa

Cards.
Booking, David Geddis

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa make it fourteen wins, thirteen draws and ten defeats in thirty seven League matches this season.

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #308 |
Monday, 7 April 1980

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

CARDS

Villa

🟥

Manchester City

🟨

Unknown

TEAM NEWS

Tony Morley replaces Terry Donovan.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.06 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 32.18 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 19.53 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Malcolm Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB Kenny Swain |
CB Allan Evans |
CB Brendan Ormsby |
M Pat Heard |
W Tony Morley |
M Ivor Linton |
M Colin Gibson |
M Gordon Cowans |
M Des Bremner |
F David Geddis |

Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kazimierz Deyna | 🇵🇱 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

None

SUBSTITUTES

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 7 |
Alex Cropley |
Frank Carrodus |
Mike Pejic |
Brian Little |
Dennis Mortimer |
Gary Shaw |
Ken McNaught |

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