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Game #3547

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 28 August 1979

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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

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 35' | 73' |

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

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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

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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

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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

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Colchester United
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Previous 5 vs. Colchester: 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

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

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 265 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 | 73 🟥 73 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1979-1995

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Persistent Fouling

CARDS
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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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bomb Squad | 1 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 28 Aug 1979, Villa 2-0 Colchester, Layer Road

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Wednesday, 29 August 1979
Aston Villa bring a two-goal lead back to Villa Park for next week's second leg of the Football League Cup-tie after overcoming a slow start to last night's game at Colchester. They eventually won convincingly enough but they had a few scares along the way until skipper Dennis Mortimer back in action after suffering a groin strain on the opening day of the season, pulled his team together and ended Colchester's hopes of forcing a surprise. Replacement But the real Villa hero was 18-year old England youth international Gary Shaw, who was in the team only as a replacement for the injured Little. Shaw scored in each half and may have eased the problems facing manager Ron Saunders as Villa's search for the scoring touch that has eluded them during the absence of Gray. Shaw scored in the 35th and 73rd minutes and was denied a hat-trick five minutes from time when Leslie cleared his shot off the line with goalkeeper Walker well beaten. Colchester created the better chances in the first half-hour but all too often their impressive approach work was ruined by a bad final pass. ​ But as the game progressed Villa found more confidence although a number of sweet moves came to grief on the edge of the Colchester penalty area before they took the lead. A fine surge and cross by Gibson looked to have too much weight but as the ball flew across the goalmouth Morley raced in to fling It back into the middle where Shaw bent low to send in a header just inside a post. Colchester's commitment to attack left them stretched at the back and in the 73rd minute Villa broke out of defence with stunning effect to kill off the Third Division side. A brilliant run by Mortimer had Colchester in all sorts of trouble, the ball finding its way to Morley wide on the Villa right. When the centre came across Shaw got up well to leave Walker stranded with a firm header.
Reports

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