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Game #3601

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 3 September 1980

2nd Round

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kenny Swain | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Ken McNaught | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Des Bremner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ | โšฝ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | FB Eamonn Deacy | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช | for F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ Ken McNaught, Dissent (8)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

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 | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 32.59 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 18.80 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-1

๐ŸŸฉ 3 Sep 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 6' | Gary Shaw | 45' | 72' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

โšฝ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
๐Ÿฅ… | 13' Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Arthur Graham
โšฝ | 45' Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
โšฝ | 72' Goal, 3-1, Gary Shaw
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Leeds United 1-3 Aston Villa

๐Ÿ” | Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy

๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul

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

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 2-1
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 3-1 (4-1)
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

Officials

Referee: Unknown

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 54 | ๐ŸŸฉ W23 (43% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D14 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(69% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L17 (31% ) | โšฝ 83 | ๐Ÿฅ… 78 | GD 5

Match Stats

Not recorded

Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982

๐Ÿ•’ 319 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 142 ๐ŸŸจ | 90 ๐ŸŸฅ 87 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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League Cup

Leeds United

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Elland Road

Attendance: 12,236

GK John Lukic | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Trevor Cherry | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Paul Hart | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Brian Greenhoff | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Brian Flynn | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Gary Hamson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Paul Madeley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Derek Parlane | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Alejandro Sabella | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท |
W Arthur Graham | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Terry Connor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Jimmy Adamson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Carl Harris | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1973โ€“74

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

159

โœ…

159

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

66

๐ŸŸจ

49

๐ŸŸฅ

44

โ›”

50

๐Ÿฅ…

174

RB Kenny Swain | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

81

โœ…

81

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

9

๐ŸŸฉ

33

๐ŸŸจ

28

๐ŸŸฅ

20

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

101

โœ…

99

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

17

2

๐ŸŸฉ

37

๐ŸŸจ

37

๐ŸŸฅ

27

CB Ken McNaught | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

136

โœ…

136

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

7

6

๐ŸŸฉ

55

๐ŸŸจ

42

๐ŸŸฅ

39

M Des Bremner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

50

โœ…

50

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

1

๐ŸŸฉ

23

๐ŸŸจ

16

๐ŸŸฅ

11

M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

57

โœ…

55

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

0

๐ŸŸฉ

28

๐ŸŸจ

14

๐ŸŸฅ

15

M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

209

โœ…

209

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

18

41

๐ŸŸฉ

92

๐ŸŸจ

64

๐ŸŸฅ

53

M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

166

โœ…

151

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

21

20

๐ŸŸฉ

72

๐ŸŸจ

47

๐ŸŸฅ

47

CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

6

โœ…

6

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

3

1

๐ŸŸฉ

5

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

0

F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

42

โœ…

41

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

17

6

๐ŸŸฉ

21

๐ŸŸจ

11

๐ŸŸฅ

10

W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

26

โœ…

23

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

6

๐ŸŸฉ

10

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

9

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

FB Eamonn Deacy | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |
๐Ÿ•’

5

๐Ÿ”

3

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

3

๐ŸŸจ

1

๐ŸŸฅ

1

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to six games as they beat Leeds in the second leg of the League Cup to make it ๐ŸŸฉ three wins over the Elland Road outfit in the ๐Ÿ•’ last seven games.

  • Leeds take the lead but Villa fight back as Gary Shaw ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ hits a brace for his โšฝ fifth goal in ๐Ÿ•’ six as Villa progress to the third round of the League Cup at Elland Road.

  • Midfielder Gordon Cowans ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his ๐Ÿ•’ 150th start in a Villa shirt (165 Appearances) to make it ๐ŸŸฉ W72 ๐ŸŸจ D46 ๐ŸŸฅ L47, โšฝ 21 Goals and ๐Ÿ”ฅ 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 ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ makes his ๐Ÿ•’ 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.


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