Game #3594
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
5th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
Not Recorded
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.38 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.24 |
Youngest Player |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴 | 18.31 |
Villa's ongoing injury crisis sees a hugely edifying battle of youngsters unfold.
Villa field a team with an average outfield age of 20, whilst Coventry have five under 21 players in their side - with both Midlands clubs eschewing the norm of imported and ageing squads.
Both teams put on a fine attacking display that Villa 🟩 win to remain joint fifth in the first division table with one game left to play.
Villa 🟩 win for the second game in succession and make it 🟩 sixteen wins, 🟨 fourteen draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 forty one Division One matches this season under 🏴 Ron Saunders.
Colin Gibson 🏴 scores his ⚽ second goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 51st appearance.
Won
2-1
🟩 29 Apr 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road
Scorer(s) | Colin Gibson | 37' | Gordon Cowans (pen) |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 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
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #312 |
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Total 🕒 17 | 🟩 8 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 15 |
League 🕒 14 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 13 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 14 | 🥅 5 |
Away 🕒 8 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 12 | 🥅 10 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 312 | 🟩 | 137 🟨 | 89 🟥 86 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,969
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 | 🏴 |
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | F Tommy English | 🏴 | (M Danny Thomas | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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