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Game #3553

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 25 September 1979

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Drew

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

League Cup

Everton

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,635

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-0

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Everton

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 25 September 1979

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 25 September 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa fail to score for the fifth consecutive game but eke out a draw to take their League Cup third round tie to a replay.

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Everton

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1969-70

Aston Villa

Everton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Everton

Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #271 |
Tuesday, 25 September 1979

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🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 271 | 🟩 | 119 🟨 | 76 🟥 76 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 April 1979, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road. 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 🟨

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.94 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.64 |

Youngest Player |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.93 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gordon Lee (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB John Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Gary Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Wednesday, 26 September 1979

Aston Villa were given every incentive last night to try and forget the board room squabbles by their voluble crowd without quite being able to dismiss the League Cup challenge of Everton. The 1977 League Cup finalists were locked in another battle which finished all square at the end of 90 minutes and they will now replay at Goodison Park on Tuesday, October 9. Villa were marginally the better of two poor sides on the night and skipper Dennis Mortimer worked tirelessly to bring them the result which they so desperately needed. With only two wins from nine games, the tension and pressure is beginning to tell. But after the team and manager Ron Saunders had been given a rousing ovation at the start from the 22,635 crowd they did everything but score. Everton, who have troubles of their own involving unsettled England centre-forward Bob Latchford, had little to offer to the contest, relying mainly on an offside policy which Villa failed to crack. New £300,000 striker David Geddis also had an impressive game in only his second outing for the club and his exuberant tussles with Everton's captain Mick Lyons were one of the features of a rather boring evening. Lyons was always uncompromising and it was almost inevitable that he should be booked after 35 minutes for a foul on the hard working Brian Little. Everton also had Asa Hartford booked by Salisbury referee Tony Glasson for an ugly incident when he trod on Villa's other new boy. Des Bremner. The former Scottish under-23 international from Hibernian gave a far more effective display than on his debut against Arsenal on Saturday. His distribution was sound but his timing showed that he still requires match practice. For most of the proceedings both sides were locked in a midfield stalemate which did not make it a very pretty spectacle. Everton often had as many as five men in midfield and this made life difficult for Mortimer, Cowans and Bremner but at least they stuck to their task without wilting. The main trouble was that neither side really looked as if they had a goal scorer in their line-up and all the neat midfield play was often wasted through lack of penetration. Memories of the three finals in 1977 before Villa finally won the League Cup at Old Trafford came flooding back. But really these two teams were pale imitations of the players who contested those earlier battles. The first half consisted entirely of both sides cancelling out each others efforts and the standard of play sometimes left a lot to be desired. But after the interval the pace quickened and Cowans might well have scored In the 46th minute after a smart move down the left by Gidman and Swain. Offside A minute later only a last second diving save by Wood prevented Little from putting Villa ahead after Swain had again been involved in the movement. Geddis had the ball in the net from the corner but he was clearly offside and he "goal" was disallowed. It was mostly Villa in this period, although Pejic had to make a timely clearance over his own bar after Nulty had beaten Villa's offside trap in the 53rd minute. With Eastoe racing in, Pejic calmly cleared the ball for a corner and from this Rimmer made a tremendous diving save to keep out a header from Lyons. Long before the end it was obvious that neither side was going to score and this is exactly how the game ended.
Reports

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