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Game #3607

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 October 1980

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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

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Sunderland

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🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

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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

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

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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

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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

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

FIXTURE HISTORY
Sunderland
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Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 325 | 🟩 | 145 🟨 | 90 🟥 90 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1974-1983

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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🟨

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

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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 |

Referee

🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Barry Dunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 Oct 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

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