Game #3607
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 October 1980
Won
2nd= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 26,914
Sunderland
Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Sunderland
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 76' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa hammer Sunderland to remain joint second in the table, three points off leaders Ipswich.
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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
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' 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.
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
FIXTURE HISTORY
Sunderland
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #325 |
Saturday, 4 October 1980
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 325 | 🟩 | 145 🟨 | 90 🟥 90 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Sunderland
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up as he fields the first XI used in eight of the twelve matches so far this season.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.85 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.67 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.88 |
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
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 | (M Barry Dunn | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
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