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Game #3596

Aston Villa

Saturday, 16 August 1980

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Won

9th

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Leeds United

Elland Road

Attendance: 23,401

Leeds United

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 44' | Peter Withe | 59' |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carl Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alejandro Sabella | 🇦🇷 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Derek Parlane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

🟩 16 August 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 August 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa open the 1980-81 season with a win at Leeds as Peter Withe makes his Villa debut aged 28 after moving from Newcastle United in May 1980 for a fee of £500,000.

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