Game #3568
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 26 December 1979


Lost
8th (-3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Division One
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 30,979
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 64' |
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 26 December 1979
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Nigel Spink
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest, pen), John Robertson
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), Stan Bowles
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-2, Gary Shaw, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa
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
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 26 December 1979
Villa 🟥 lose for the second time in 🕒 fifteen first division games as they are beaten at the City Ground.
Goalkeeper Nigel Spink 🏴 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 611th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Right back Kenny Swain 🏴 makes his 50th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.
Forward Brian Little 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 140th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 286th appearance (279 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W128 🟨 D79 🟥 L79, ⚽ 79 Goals and 🔥 61 Assists at a rate of one every 2.04 games.
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | #611 | £4,000 signing from Chelmsford
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Nottingham Forest


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1978-79
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #286 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1979
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🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 286 | 🟩 | 125 🟨 | 82 🟥 79 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴 | Blackburn, 1972-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 November 1978, Villa 0-2 Luton, 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
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Nigel Spink makes his Villa debut in place of Jimmy Rimmer as Dennis Mortimer returns after a three game absence in place of Terry Bullivant.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.23 |
Oldest Player |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 27.93 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.11 |
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 🟢 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴 |
CB Kenny Burns | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
M John McGovern | 🏴 |
M Stan Bowles | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W John Robertson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴 |
CF Garry Birtles | 🏴 |
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
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
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
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
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 26 Dec 1979, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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