Game #3594
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
Won
5th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 17,969
Coventry City
Highfield Road
In a hugely edifying battle of youngsters - Villa with an average outfield age of 20, Coventry with five under 21 players in their side - with both Midlands clubs eschewing the norm of imported and ageing squads put on a fine attacking display that Villa won to remain joint fifth in the first division table with one game left to play.
Coventry City
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Colin Gibson, opened the scoring as 5th placed Villa won the battle of the youngsters with Coventry, Tuesday, 29 April 1980.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans (pen)
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Coventry City), Ian Wallace
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa win for the second game in succession to consolidate 7th place in the League and make it sixteen wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in forty one Division One matches this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #312 |
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 312 | 🟩 | 137 🟨 | 89 🟥 86 | 1.60
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Coventry City
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.38 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.24 |
Youngest Player |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴 | 18.31 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Jim Blyth | 🏴 |
LB David Barnes | 🏴 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 |
W Roger Van Gool | 🇧🇪 |
F Tommy English | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Tommy English | 🏴 | (M Danny Thomas | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not Recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
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 | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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