Game #3606
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 September 1980
Won
2nd= (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 18,398
Crystal Palace
Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
Gary Shaw hits his fifth winner of the season on 86’ despite suffering from suspected food poisoning to send Villa joint second in the table after eight games.
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 September 1980
🕒 | HT Crystal Palace 0-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | 70' Booking, Peter Withe, Dissent
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa get back to winning ways after defeat in the Cup as they make it five wins, one draw and two defeats in eight League matches this season.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Crystal Palace
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Crystal Palace
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #324 |
Saturday, 27 September 1980
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 324 | 🟩 | 144 🟨 | 90 🟥 90 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴 | Oxford, 1979-1990 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
Dennis Hedges
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Crystal Palace
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders reverts to the line up fielded in seven of eleven matches this season as Gary Shaw replaces David Geddis.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.83 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.65 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.86 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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
Terry Venables | 🏴 |
Crystal Palace
GK Paul Barron | 🏴 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴 |
M Neil Smillie | 🏴 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 |
CF Mike Flanagan | 🏴 |
CF Tony Sealy | 🏴 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Steve Lovell | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Don't ask me where we stayed last night, but the players are blaming the fish.
“Rimmer was wringing wet when he came into the dressing room. He feels very rough.
"It could be a virus although. hopefully, it's something they've eaten."
Ron Saunders.
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