Game #3564
Aston Villa
Saturday, 1 December 1979
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
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 22' |
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
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.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 December 1979
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Norwich City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62
Aston Villa
Norwich City
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #282 |
Saturday, 1 December 1979
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 282 | 🟩 | 123 🟨 | 82 🟥 77 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
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: 🟥 🟥 🟨
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
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 |
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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.
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 | |
---|---|
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow 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
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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