Game #3567
Aston Villa
7-9-4, 23 PTS
Wednesday, 19 December 1979


Won
5th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 24,446
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-0

Coventry City

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 8' | 60' | Terry Bullivant | 51' |
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 19 December 1979
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Terry Donovan
⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-0, Brian Little, Assist by Terry Bullivant
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 3-0, Brian Little, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Coventry City
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
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 19 December 1979
Villa record consecutive 🟩 wins and have now lost 🟥 just once in 🕒 fourteen Division One games.
Villa make it 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 twenty League matches this season under Ron Saunders 🏴.
Villa climb to fifth in the table.
Centre Forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 makes a goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Grimsby Town in September 1979 for a fee of £90,000 to become the 610th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 contributes a 🔥 brace of assists to make it ⚽ 🔥 31 goal involvements in 🕒 131 appearances in a Villa shirt (116 Starts) and 🟩 W55 🟨 D38 🟥 L38, ⚽ 16 Goals and 🔥 15 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.23 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 | #610 | £90,000 signing from Grimsby
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
Coventry City


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #285 |
Wednesday, 19 December 1979
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🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 285 | 🟩 | 125 🟨 | 82 🟥 78 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 April 1977, Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Terry Donovan makes his debut in place of David Geddis.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.76 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 31.88 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.09 |
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
CB Jim Holton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴 |
M Ray Gooding | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair (ex) | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 | (W Steve Whitton | 🏴 |)

🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | | 1 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
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
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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Thursday, 20 December 1979
🟩 19 Dec 1979, Villa 3-0 Coventry, Villa Park

