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Game #3564

Aston Villa

Saturday, 1 December 1979

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Drew

7th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division One

Norwich City

Carrow Road

Attendance: 15,885

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Norwich City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 22' |

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 1 December 1979

💥 | 20' Des Bremner hits the post
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
💥 | 22' Goal awareded by referee Cox after deciding the ball had crossed the line despite Bond's attempted clearance
💥 | 23' Referee Cox rules out Norwich equaliser due to offside
💥 | Jimmy Rimmer pulls off a strong save as Allan Evans and Kenny Swain were prostrate with injury
🟨 | 45' Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 70’ Booking, (Norwich City), Justin Fashanu for a deliberate stamp on Allan Evans in the penalty area
🟥 | 70' Sending off (Norwich City), Justin Fashanu for arguing (Referee Cox subsequently claims he had always intended to send Fashanu off for the first offence)
💥 | Jimmy Rimmer hit on the back of the neck by a 50p coin and laid out on ground
💥 | Allan Evans hit by a missile from the crowd
💥 | Rimmer refuses to return to the goal as Norwich bombard the area with bottles, cans and coins
💥 | Crowd violence stops play for five minutes as smoke bombs are thrown into the Villa area
💥 | Norwich boss John Bond enters the field of play to appeal for calm from the home fans
💥 | 88' Referee Cox waves play on after a fair tackle from Mike Pejic on the Norwich player in the penalty area.
💥 | 88' Referee Cox changes his mind and awards a penalty to Norwich
🟥 | 89’ Sending off, Dennis Mortimer, Dissent claimed by referee Cox but Mortimer is incensed at the accusation and further delays and remonstrations follow
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City, pen), Kevin Bond
🕒 | 102' FT Norwich City 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 1 December 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa make it eleven games unbeaten in Division One to record five wins, nine draws and three defeats in seventeen League matches this season. As a result Villa climb to seventh in the table - their highest position of the season to date.

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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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

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #282 |
Saturday, 1 December 1979

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🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | South Croydon, 1978-1980 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 282 | 🟩 | 123 🟨 | 82 🟥 77 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | South Croydon, 1978-1980 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 A truly terrible and downright dangerous refereeing performance condemned as "Not good enough" by both managers. Two men who in normal circumstances would be unable to agreed on the time of day .
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 16 April 1979, Villa 3-1 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟥 🟨

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🟥

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.40 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.83 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.04 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roger Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Alan Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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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

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow 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

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sports Argus*
Saturday, 1 December 1979

ASTON VILLA skipper Dennis Mortimer and Norwich's striker Justin Fashanu were sent off amid disgraceful scenes today. Villa's keeper Jimmy Rimmer was felled by a bottle in a riotous outburst which lasted seven minutes after an alleged butting offence by Fashanu on Ken McNaught. Fashanu's dismissal was the result of an argument with the referee, who had originally showed him the yellow card. But Mortimer's was even more incredible. He argued strongly with referee Cox for awarding a penalty after a tackle by Pejic on Robson. Football was forgotten when the crowd behind Rimmer went berserk after a succession of decisions had inflamed them. These started as early as the 23rd minute when Allan Evans header was adjudged to have gone over the line, continued when the referee disallowed a Robson shot a minute later for offside. Then after Evans had been booked and Fashanu sent off, a bottle hit Rimmer on the neck and laid him out. The goalkeeper refused to return to his goal and a raid of missiles landed on hm. Norwich manager John Bond and skipper Martin Peter, himself earlier booked for dissent, tried to calm the infuriated mob but it took seven minutes before this travesty was resumed. --- Monday, 3 December 1979 Birmingham Daily Post ​Shame the name of this game By GEOFFREY BEANE ​Soccer suffered another self-inflicted wound at Carrow Road on Saturday where the final curtain came down on disgraceful scenes both on and off the pitch and Kevin Bond scored last-gasp penalty which gave Norwich the 1-1 draw they really deserved. In that last mindless 13 minutes. Justin Fashanu, Norwich's striker, and Dennis Mortimer, Aston Villa's captain, were sent off. Jimmy Rimmer and Allan Evans were struck by coins thrown from the terraces and the match was held up for nearly six minutes. At first it appeared that Rimmer, stretched out on the turf with his hands covering his head, had been badly injured, but he later explained: "A couple of coins hit me on the neck so I went down and stayed there. I thought It was the safest place." Fashanu was banished first, for a foul on Evans. and Mortimer for a remark he made to the linesman after the penalty had been awarded for a foul by Pejic on Robson. Villa's manager, Ron Saunders, said afterwards: "If I appear to be calm and controlled I can assure you that I am putting on an act." "Norwich got their penalty because a linesman flagged after the referee had waved play on with our players In possession. Dennis went over to speak to the linesman and the next thing we knew was that he had been sent off." "However, I am not permitted to criticise the officials so there is nothing I can do about it, but you saw for yourselves that it was not the players or the fans who created the situation." Fashanu said: "I didn't deliberately foul Evans, but what beats me is that up to that point in the game the referee had not said a word to me. "It's the first time I have been sent off, but I think I must have a good case for an appeal." John Bond. the Norwich manager, who is not usually wanting for a few hundred words of comment discreetly retired to the boardroom after the match. Referee Tony Cox, of South Croydon, explained that he sent off Fashanu for treading on Evans and Mortimer for using abusive language to his linesman, and declined to go into details. For Villa there was the consolation that they extended their unbeaten run to 11 matches in a game which was always sharply physical but did not get out of hand until the intervention of some eccentric officialdom. They have now drawn six of their away fixtures and only Torquay can equal that in all the four divisions of the League. Villa had taken the lead in the 23rd minute, soon after a surprise cross-shot by Bremner had hit a post with Keelan beaten. But when Cowans took a leftwing corner, Evans rose high above two Norwich defenders to score a header. Bond headed the ball back into play but Mr. Cox had no hesitation in deciding that the ball had gone over the line and there was no Norwich protest. Villa required and got a stalwart defensive display in the second half, however, when Norwich began to respond to the clamour of a crowd who had lost a good deal of their patience and finally played their part in bringing the proceedings to a shameful end. --- Saturday, 1 December 1979 Sports Argus ​Ellis on own in Villa row ​Aston Villa are not expected to name a new director to replace Eric Houghton until early in the New Year. Houghton has announced that he will retire from the Villa board on December 31, to end a 50-year association with the club as player, manager and director. He supported Doug Ellis in the recent Villa boardroom upheaval, and has decided to quit rather than face the possibility of being removed. Houghton's departure is certain to throw even bigger question mark about the future of Ellis on the Board. From the end of this year it will be Ellis alone against the Bendall family and chairman Harry Kartz. It is Inevitable that whoever comes on to the Board will be an ally of the three directors, and put Ellis further out on a limb. Ellis was not available for comment last night but may soon feel he is a hopeless situation. Although he claims to represent the small shareholders, that position might be taken away from him if there is a demand for a further extraordinary general meeting. Soon after hearing of Houghton's intended resignation, Kartz said: "I have not yet been able to contact my fellow directors to decide the next move." "However, we have a Board meeting a week on Monday and the whole matter will be discussed then." "We have the powers to co-opt another person on to the Board, and the appointment would have to be confirmed at the next annual meeting." "But it seems unlikely that anyone will be elected until the New Year."
Reports

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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