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Game #3601

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 3 September 1980

Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Attendance: 12,236

Leeds United

Elland Road

Leeds United

1-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Not recorded

MATCH SUMMARY

Leeds take the lead but Villa fight back as Gary Shaw hits a brace to make it five goals in six as Villa progress to the third round of the League Cup at Elland Road.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 3 September 1980

⚽ | 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

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' 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.

Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #319 |
Wednesday, 3 September 1980

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 319 | 🟩 | 142 🟨 | 90 🟥 87 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

Unknown

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Leeds United

None

TEAM NEWS

Ron Saunders names the same line up for a fifth successive match.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.59 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.80 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Carl Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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