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Game #3569

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 December 1979

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Won

5th (+3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Bristol City

Ashton Gate

Attendance: 18,221

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

Bristol City

1-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 52' |

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 December 1979

🕒 | HT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 2-1, (Bristol City, pen), Gerry Gow
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 3-1, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Bristol City 1-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul

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

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 December 1979

  • Villa bounce back from their second defeat in fifteen games to beat Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for the third time in four Division One games as a Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hat-trick makes it ⚽ four goals in two matches for the 18 year old striker. 

  • As a result Villa make it 🟩 eight wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 five defeats in twenty two League matches this season climb back to fifth in the table.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ hits his first hat-trick in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (19 Starts) to make it ⚽ 9 Goals and 🔥3 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 127th appearance.

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

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

Bristol City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Bristol City

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Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #287 |
Saturday, 29 December 1979

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🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 287 | 🟩 | 126 🟨 | 82 🟥 79 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Colin Gibson, Foul

CARDS

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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jimmy Rimmer returns in place of Nigel Spink.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.20 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.90 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.12 |

Referee

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Rodgers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Howard Pritchard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Kevin Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Chris Garland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Joe Royle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH QUOTES

“You can't turn it on all the time and we did work hard and, always looked as though we would win." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Daily Post*
Monday, 31 December 1979

Gary Shaw, Aston Villa's 18-year-old second-half hat-trick hero of the 3-1 victory at Bristol City on Saturday admitted after the game that he knew he stood to be substituted after the interval. Clutching the match-ball, which had been autographed by both teams he said: "At half-time our manager had a go at some of us including myself. "He told me that he wanted me to be more aggressive so I knew I had to do something about it." The former England youth International added: "I've scored hat-tricks before in less important matches, but this was my first in the First Division, and I hope there will be more to follow." Struggling City played most of the football worth watching, but Villa, or rather Shaw, scored the goals that mattered. It was as simple as that sheer floodlit robbery and Villa manager, Ron Saunders, went at least halfway to admitting it when he said. "It was a bitty game and we didn't play well. We seldom put more than four or five passes together. "But you can't turn it on all the time and we did work hard and, always looked as though we would win." His opposite number, Alan Dicks, who goes into 1980 facing a stiff relegation fight, claimed that the result was governed by Villa's first goal seven minutes after a goalless first half when Shaw heaved himself at a Cowans corner kick and nudged the ball over the line. Afterwards, Shaw was still not certain whether the ball had hit his head or his shoulder, but Dicks made the point that his goalkeeper, John Shaw had been impeded. Dicks said "John couldn't move when he tried to catch the ball and that goal was a bitter upset for us. It marred everything we had done, all the good football we had played up to that point." But Dicks could not quarrel with Villa's second goal, which followed only two minutes later when Gary Shaw, on a break with Donovan and Little, took possession quite 35 yards out, spotted his namesake coming off his line and hit a marvellous swerving shot which bent into the far top corner of the net. Almost immediately, a brave Bristol rally was foiled by goalkeeper Rimmer, who pulled off a brilliant reflex save from a snap header by Rodgers and then bravely charged down a point-blank shot by Mabbutt. Inches over Young Shaw almost had his hat-trick in the 74th minute when his dipping header from a Gibson free kick was only inches over the bar, but Bristol pulled back a goal when McNaught handled a bobbing ball and Gow scored from the spot in the 75th minute. Ormsby prevented an equaliser by blocking Mabbutt's shot a minute later, but four minutes from the end Gary Shaw came up with another good-looking goal when he chased a long ball out of defence. With nobody coming up in time to support him, he took on and beat full - back Sweeney to score with a low cross-shot and Bristol had nothing left.
Reports

🟩 29 Dec 1979, Villa 3-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate

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