Game #3592
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 23 April 1980
Lost
5th= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 45,201
Manchester United
Old Trafford
Manchester United
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 90' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa suffer a shocking, but less than surprising, Old Trafford refereeing injustice as Manchester United’s first goal is from a cross clearly delivered from beyond the byeline by Steve Coppell. The goal comes before a thuggish Joe Jordan - scorer of both the home team’s goals - leaves his mark on Allan Evans, for which the Villa man is eventually booked after trying to take out his retaliation. Villa remain fifth but have to share the place with Wolves who have played a game less than Ron Saunders’ side.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 23 April 1980
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
🔁 | Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Tony Morley
⚽ | 90' Goal, 1-2, Des Bremner, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Retaliation for having his nose broken by Jordan
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in four to make it fourteen wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty nine League matches this season. The defeat however was all the more poignant as it proved to be the final game for Villa great Brian Little who was forced to retire aged just 26 through injury. Little had played for Villa between 1971-72 and 1979-80 making 301 appearances and scoring 82 goals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Manchester United
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1976-77
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester United
Previous 5 vs. United: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #310 |
Wednesday, 23 April 1980
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1972–1982 🆘
HT Score:
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | LWDDL |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 310 | 🟩 | 135 🟨 | 89 🟥 86 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1972–1982 🆘
🆘 A truly woeful and highly suspect refereeing performance from Lowe sees a goal awarded despite being delivered from behind the bye-line, an unpunished typically thuggish performance from Joe Jordan and a free kick derived goal that never should have been. To boot Lowe watched on unconcerned as Jordan ruled Evans out for the remainder of the season with a broken nose before the Sheffield official decided the most appropriate reaction was to book Evans for retaliation. Truly shocking.
Previous 5:
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Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Manchester United
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.96 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.22 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.43 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |
Manchester United
GK Gary Bailey | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Moran | 🇮🇪 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 🔥 | for FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Tom Sloan | 🇬🇧 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
Suspension | 1 |
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
🔴 F Brian Little | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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