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Game #3572

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 January 1980

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Drew

4th Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

FA Cup

Cambridge United

Abbey Stadium

Attendance: 12,000

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

Cambridge United

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 16' |

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 January 1980

⚽ | 16’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Gary Shaw
🥅 | 34’ Goal, 1-1, (Cambridge United), Dennis Mortimer o.g.
🕒 | HT Cambridge United 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Cambridge United 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 January 1980

  • Villa face Cambridge United for the first time in competitive football, Cambridge become the 116th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa can only draw with second division Cambridge in the fourth round of the FA Cup ahead of a replay at Villa Park.

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Cambridge United

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

Aston Villa

Cambridge United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Cambridge United

Previous 5 vs. Cambridge: None

Cambridge United

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Cambridge United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #29 |
Manager Game | #290 |
Saturday, 26 January 1980

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🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Walmer, Kent
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 290 | 🟩 | 128 🟨 | 83 🟥 79 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Walmer, Kent
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 October 1978, Villa 0-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.63 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.98 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.19 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Cambridge United

GK Malcolm Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lindsay Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Fallon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Dave Stringer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Spriggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Roger Gibbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Finney | 🇬🇧 |
F Derrick Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Jamie Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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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

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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MATCH QUOTES

“It was definitely an own goal. “It rocketed off my head as I was watching the Cambridge centre forward in an offside position." Dennis Mortimer.
Quotes

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 26 January 1980, Villa 1-1 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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