Game #3604
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 September 1980
4th= (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
🟨 Peter Withe, Dissent
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Ron Saunders makes a first change to his starting line up in eight games as David Geddis replaces Gary Shaw.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.63 |
Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 20.47 |
Villa bounce back from successive defeats to beat Wolves at Villa Park and climb back to joint fourth in the table.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 seven League matches this season.
Centre forward David Geddis 🏴 makes his 25th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.
Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 4' | David Geddis | 84' |
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 84' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Emlyn Hughes
🟨 | 45' Booking, Peter Withe, Dissent
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 1-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Mel Eves
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 2-1, David Geddis, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #322 |
Saturday, 20 September 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴 | Leicester, 1974-1980
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Referee: Peter Reeves | 🏴 | Leicester, 1974-1980
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 322 | 🟩 | 143 🟨 | 90 🟥 89 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,881
GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴 |
D Hugh Atkinson | 🇮🇪 |
LB Emlyn Hughes | 🏴 |
CB Colin Brazier | 🏴 |
CB George Berry | 🏴 |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Rafael Villazán | 🇬🇷 |
M Willie Carr | 🏴 |
CF Norman Bell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Melvyn Eves | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF John Richards | 🏴 |
John Barnwell | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | CF Norman Bell | 🏴 | (CF Wayne Clarke | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
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Last Trophy: 1979-80
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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