Game #3601
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 3 September 1980
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
Unused Substitutes:
None
🟨 Ken McNaught, Foul
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Ron Saunders names the same line up for a fifth successive match.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.59 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.80 |
Villa extend their unbeaten run to six games as they beat Leeds in the second leg of the League Cup to make it 🟩 three wins over the Elland Road outfit in the 🕒 last seven games.
Leeds take the lead but Villa fight back as Gary Shaw 🏴 hits a brace for his ⚽ fifth goal in 🕒 six as Villa progress to the third round of the League Cup at Elland Road.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (165 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W72 🟨 D46 🟥 L47, ⚽ 21 Goals and 🔥 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.02 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 6' | Gary Shaw | 45' | 72' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
🥅 | 13' Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Arthur Graham
⚽ | 45' Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-1, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-3 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #319 |
Wednesday, 3 September 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1 (4-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 319 | 🟩 | 142 🟨 | 90 🟥 87 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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League Cup
Leeds United
Elland Road
Attendance: 12,236
GK John Lukic | 🏴 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴 |
M Gary Hamson | 🏴 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴 |
CF Derek Parlane | 🏴 |
M Alejandro Sabella | 🇦🇷 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴 |
F Terry Connor | 🏴 |
Jimmy Adamson | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Carl Harris | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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