Game #3590
Aston Villa
Monday, 7 April 1980
Drew
5th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 42,584
Manchester City
Maine Road
Manchester City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 43' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa draw with woeful Manchester City despite utterly dominating a team searching for their first win in eighteen.
Villa have goalscorer David Geddis sent off in the final seconds as the game boils over at Maine Road due to the behaviour of perennial irritant Tueart.
Despite dropping a point, Villa remain fifth in the table with five to play.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 7 April 1980
⚽ | 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 with Tueart
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, David Geddis, Foul & Kicking ball away
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 | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Owen | 🏴 | Wirral, 1978-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 308 | 🟩 | 135 🟨 | 88 🟥 85 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Derek Owen | 🏴 | Wirral, 1978-1984
Previous 5:
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Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
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Manchester City
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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
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🟥 |
MANAGER
Malcolm Allison | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Robert Hopkins | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Dave Bennett | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
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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