Game #3623
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 December 1980
Drew
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 33,930
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Villa are denied a second half penalty and see a legitimate goal disallowed by referee Partridge before they concede a fortuitous 86' goal for the third time in four away games to allow Forest to take a point.
Nottingham Forest
2-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 67' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 December 1980
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Larry Lloyd
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Trevor Francis
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Kenny Swain
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-2, (Nottingham Forest), Martin O’Neill
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa draw at Forest to make it fourteen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty five League matches this season. As a result Villa remain joint first in the Division One table, level with Liverpool.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #341 |
Saturday, 27 December 1980
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | County Durham, 1966–1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴 | County Durham, 1966–1981 🆘
🆘 Missed a handball penalty before incorrectly disallowing an onside goal
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
David Geddis replaces Peter Withe.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.42 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.90 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.11 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
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 David Geddis | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴 |
D Bryn Gunn | 🏴 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 |
M John McGovern | 🏴 |
M Raimondo Ponte | 🇨🇭 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W John Robertson | 🏴 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Gary Mills | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
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 a tremendous match, and more games like this would bring back the missing thousands.
“All I hope is that the television cameras do full justice to a splendid game.”
Ron Saunders.
“I was unlucky to collect my fourth caution of the season.
“I only made bodily contact but perhaps referees are being a little over protective towards him [Trevor Francis] after his serious injury.”
Allan Evans.
