Game #3547
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 28 August 1979


Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
League Cup
Colchester United
Layer Road
Attendance: 6,221
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
Colchester United
0-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 35' | 73' |
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 28 August 1979
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | HT Colchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Colchester United 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Persistent Fouling
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 28 August 1979
Villa beat third tier Colchester in the first leg of the League Cup second round at Layer Road as troublesome John Gidman 🏴 makes his first appearance of the season.
Forward Gary Shaw 🏴 17, a year after his debut and on his 🕒 4th appearance (3 Starts) scores his first ⚽ goals in a Villa shirt - a brace - to give Villa a two goal lead to take into the second leg against third division Colchester courtesy of a brace.
Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴 secures 🟩 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 169th appearance.
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Colchester United


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #265 |
Tuesday, 28 August 1979
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🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1979-1995
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 265 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 | 73 🟥 73 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴 | Kettering, 1979-1995
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Persistent Fouling
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dennis Mortimer, John Gidman (first start of the season) and Gary Shaw (first start of the season) replace Gary Shelton, Gary Williams and Brian Little.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.08 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.57 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 17.78 |
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
F John Deehan | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bobby Roberts | 🏴 |

Colchester United
GK Mike Walker | 🏴 |
LB Mike Packer | 🏴 |
CB Steve Dowman | 🏴 |
CB Steve Wignall | 🏴 |
D Steve Wright | 🏴 |
M Steve Leslie | 🏴 |
M Steve Foley | 🏴 |
F Bobby Gough | 🏴 |
F Ian Allinson | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Lee | 🏴 |
CF Eddie Rowles | 🏴 |
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Ray Bunkell | 🏴 |
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

🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
Bomb Squad | 1 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road

