Game #3618
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 November 1980
Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 30,140
Arsenal
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) | Gary Shaw | 57' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 November 1980
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Gary Shaw
🥅 | 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
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Arsenal
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79
FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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 | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 336 | 🟩 | 151 🟨 | 94 🟥 91 | 1.63
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992 🆘
🆘 Failed to award handball due to a premature whistle before declining to caution Talbot for a reckless tackle from behind.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟥 🟨
Neil Midgley
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
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Terry Neill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Arsenal
GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴 |
CB John Devine | 🇮🇪 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
M Steve Gatting | 🏴 |
M John Hollins | 🏴 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M David Price | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was tremendous.”
Ron Saunders.
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