Game #3618
Saturday, 29 November 1980
Attendance: 30,140
Drew
Division One
1st (-)
Arsenal
DWDLD
Villa Park
Villa are held at home by title pretenders Arsenal as a swashbuckling performance doesn't deliver the two points it deserved but Villa remain two clear at the top of the table after twenty games with Liverpool second.
Aston Villa
1-1
Arsenal
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
57’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley
73’ Goal, 1-1, (Arsenal), Brian Talbot
89’ Sending off, (Arsenal), Alan Sunderland, Dissent
FT Aston Villa 1-1 Arsenal
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa, without a win in three, make it twelve wins, five draws and three defeats in twenty League matches this season. As a result Villa remain clear at the top of the Division One table three points ahead of Ipswich.
Aston Villa
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #336 |
Saturday, 29 November 1980
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | DWWLD |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
CARDS
Villa
None
Arsenal
🟥
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names the same line up for a fifth successive match.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.94 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 32.82 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 19.04 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders
MANAGER
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB Kenny Swain |
RB Gary Williams |
CB Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Des Bremner |
M Gordon Cowans |
W Tony Morley |
M Dennis Mortimer |
CF Peter Withe |
F Gary Shaw |
Arsenal
Jennings, Walford, Gatting, Young, Devine, Sansom, Hollins, Talbot (g), Rix, Sunderland, Stapleton. Manager: Terry Neill.
SUBSTITUTES
None
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was tremendous.”
Ron Saunders.
*Sunday Mirror*
Sunday, 30 November 1980