Game #3607
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 October 1980
Won
2nd= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Sunderland
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,914
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Sunderland
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 76' |
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 October 1980
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Morley
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 4-0, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Sunderland
🔁 | Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 October 1980
Villa record their biggest win of the season to date as they make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 two defeats in nine League matches this season under Ron Saunders 🏴.
Villa remain joint second in the table, three points off leaders Ipswich.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 secures his 🟩 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 171st appearance (156 Starts) to make it 🟩 W75 🟨 D46 🟥 L50, ⚽ 21 Goals and 🔥 22 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.98 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Forward Gary Shaw 🏴 ⚽ scores to record his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 47th appearance (45 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Sunderland
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #325 |
Saturday, 4 October 1980
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🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1974-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 325 | 🟩 | 145 🟨 | 90 🟥 90 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1974-1983
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up as he fields the first XI used in eight of the twelve matches so far this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.85 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.67 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.88 |
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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
Ken Knighton | 🏴 |
Sunderland
GK Chris Turner | 🏴 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴 |
CB Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴 |
M Kevin Arnott | 🏴 |
F Gary Rowell | 🏴 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴 |
CF Alan Brown | 🏴 |
CF Pop Robson | 🏴 |
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 | (M Barry Dunn | 🏴 |)
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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