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Game #3623

Aston Villa

Saturday, 27 December 1980

Nottingham Forest

2-2

Aston Villa

Division One

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Attendance: 33,930

Drew

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 67' |

MATCH SUMMARY

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.

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

Villa Vs.

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 341 | 🟩 | 153 🟨 | 95 🟥 93 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966–1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 3
🆘 Missed a handball penalty before incorrectly disallowing an onside goal
Previous 5: Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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None

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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

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH 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.

MATCH REPORT

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