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Game #3602

Saturday, 6 September 1980

Attendance: 23,192

Lost

Division One

4th (-1)

Ipswich Town

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Portman Road

Villa lose their unbeaten record as they fall to a hugely unlucky defeat at Portman Road despite being in the ascendancy throughout and fall back to 4th in the early table whilst opponents Ipswich remain top.

Ipswich Town

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Frans Thijssen
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time this season and the first time in seven games as they make it three wins, one draw and one defeat in five League matches.

Aston Villa

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

Ipswich Town

League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1977-78

FIXTURE HISTORY

Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #320 |
Saturday, 6 September 1980

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Bidmead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kingston, 1979-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Bidmead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kingston, 1979-1981
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Ipswich Town

None

Mike Bidmead

TEAM NEWS

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

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.77 |

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

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.81 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ipswich Town

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve McCall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frans Thijssen | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
M Arnold Mühren | 🇳🇱 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Brazil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

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

"Justice wasn't done.

“But we should have struck them away.

“We played very well but everyone forgets how you played when you've lost.”

Ron Saunders.

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"We scrambled a result because Villa missed the best two chances of the match.

"They are going to be difficult to beat all season, especially when Shaw learns to take chances.

“He’ll be something special when he's 22."

Ipswich manager Bobby Robson.