Game #3605
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 23 September 1980
3rd 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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 63' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
🟨 Dennis Mortimer, Foul
🟨 Colin Gibson, Foul
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.15 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.64 |
Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 20.48 |
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa suffer a shock 🟥 defeat to second division Cambridge United as they exit the League Cup at the third round stage.
Villa, the most successful club in the history of the competition, playing their 100th League Cup game are knocked out by a Cambridge side who had not won since knocking out Wolves in the previous round.
Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 makes his 🕒 10th appearance in a Villa shirt but now has just ⚽ two League goals and 1 League Cup strike to his name in what is proving to be a quiet start to his Villa career.
Centre forward David Geddis 🏴 makes his 25th 🕒 start in a Villa shirt.
Lost
1-2
🟥 23 Sep 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium
Scorer(s) | Tony Morley | 6' |
Assist(s) | Des Bremner | 6' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Des Bremner
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 1-1, (Cambridge United), Tommy Finney
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 2-1, (Cambridge United), Steve Spriggs
🕒 | HT Cambridge United 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 63' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Cambridge United 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Dennis Mortimer, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #323 |
Tuesday, 23 September 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1987
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1987
Previous 5 vs. Cambridge: 🟨 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 323 | 🟩 | 143 🟨 | 90 🟥 90 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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League Cup
Cambridge United
Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7,608
GK Malcolm Webster | 🏴 |
RB Dave Donaldson | 🏴 |
CB Lindsay Smith | 🏴 |
CB Steve Fallon | 🏴 |
LB Jamie Murray | 🏴 |
M Roger Gibbins | 🏴 |
M Doug Evans | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Steve Spriggs | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Tommy Finney | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Derrick Christie | 🏴 |
CF George Reilly | 🏴 |
John Docherty | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Doug Evans | 🏴 | (LB Ian Buckley | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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