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Game #3565

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 December 1979

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Lost

9th (-2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Liverpool

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,160

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-3

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Liverpool

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🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 December 1979

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Terry Bullivant
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Ray Kennedy
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-1, Brian Little
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool), Alan Hansen
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-3, (Liverpool), Terry McDermott
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Terry Bullivant, Sub on, Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 December 1979

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in twelve Division One games to make it five wins, nine draws and four defeats in eighteen League matches this season. As a result Villa fall back to ninth in the table. Meanwhile, Terry Bullivant made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Fulham in November 1979 for a fee of £220,000. However Mike Pejic made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa aged 29 having only joined earlier in the season before being forced to retire from football due to injury.

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1979 | 🕒 12 | 12 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #604 |

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Liverpool

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978-79

Aston Villa

Liverpool

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #283 |
Saturday, 8 December 1979

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🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 283 | 🟩 | 123 🟨 | 82 🟥 78 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984 🆘
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 10
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 6
🆘 Apparently blind to the persistent fouling of Alan Hansen
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 9 December 1978, Villa 1-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge. 🆘
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Terry Bullivant comes in for his debut in place of the suspended Dennis Mortimer.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.85 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.06 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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 Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bob Paisley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Phil Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF David Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, 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

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, 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

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“We knew we were going to win." Phil Thompson, Liverpool.
Quotes

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, 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*
Monday, 10 December 1979

​Liverpool skipper Phil Thompson described Villa as "a very good side" after his team had run out 3-1 winners at Villa Park on Saturday. Then he added. "But we knew we were going to win." The England international had contributed in full to a fascinating game that was played fractionally too fast for Liverpool's liking during the first half. Villa looked almost the equal of the clinical league champions in that spell, but once their midfield trio, lacking the suspended Mortimer, had run themselves out, Liverpool took calm control and the chance of an upset disappeared minute by minute. Complimented on their part in producing one of the most entertaining games seen at Villa Park this season. Thompson said: "A couple of years ago we used to get a lot of goalless draws away from Anfield and we used to take a lot of stick over it." "That was in the days when everybody was talking about us in terms of machines and robots, but now it's changed and our entertainment value is very high." Villa manager Ron Saunders agreed. "The first hour gave me tremendous satisfaction and everybody must have gone home thoroughly entertained." Just for a while there was a possibility that Villa could stretch their 11-match unbeaten run still further. With McNaught playing probably his finest game in Villa's colours and with Evans also in top form, Liverpool's Dalglish and Johnson found it hard to make any worthwhile impression. But Liverpool are where they are because they can capture something out of nothing and Ray Kennedy did just that after 53 minutes when he found himself temporarily alone about 25 yards out. A deceptively lazy swing of the left leg and the ball rocketed past a startled Rimmer to the corner of the net. It was the first of three goals in five minutes. Villa took only 40 seconds to equalise through Little, but in the 60th minute Hansen restored Liverpool's lead when he got up unchallenged to head home a Case cross at the far post. Effectively, that was the end of Villa's hopes. Liverpool slowed the game down to their own required pace, and added a third in the 74th minute when a mistake by Pejic his only one of the game left McDermott with plenty of time to beat Rimmer with an angled shot from about 18 yards.
Reports

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

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