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Game #3597

Wednesday, 20 August 1980

Attendance: 25,970

Won

Division One

4th (+5)

Norwich City

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Villa Park

Gary Shaw wins it for Villa for the second successive game.

Aston Villa

1-0

Norwich City

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 76' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
⚽ | 76' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa make it two wins from two at the start of the 1980-81 season.

Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

FIXTURE HISTORY

Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #315 |
Wednesday, 20 August 1980

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Norwich City

None

Unknown

TEAM NEWS

Allan Evans and Colin Gibson replace Gary Williams and Eamonn Deacy.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.72 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.55 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.76 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Norwich City

GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John McDowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Goble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Steve Goble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Mark Nightingale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

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