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Game #3573

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 30 January 1980

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Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Cambridge United

Villa Park

Attendance: 36,835

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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Cambridge United

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🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 30 January 1980

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Gary Shaw, (80 Seconds)
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 1-1 (Cambridge United), Steve Spriggs
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 2-1, Terry Donovan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Cambridge United
⚽ | 58' Goal, 3-1, Allan Evans
⚽ | 60' Goal, 4-1, Brian Little, Assist by Terry Donovan
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Cambridge United

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

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 30 January 1980

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa beat second division Cambridge at the second attempt in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

  • Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 is the hero as he ⚽ scores two and 🔥 creates another in Villa's 4-1 win in the Villa Park replay against second tier Cambridge to make it ⚽ 5 goals in his first 🕒 7 appearances in a Villa shirt.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🔥 sets up Terry Donovan’s 🇮🇪 2’ strike to record his ⚽ 🔥 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 24th appearance (23 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Forward Brian Little 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 80th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 291st appearance (284 Starts) to make it 🟩 W132 🟨 D80 🟥 L79, ⚽ 80 Goals and 🔥 62 Assists at a rate of one goal every 3.64 games.

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

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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

Cambridge United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Cambridge United

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Previous 5 vs. Cambridge: 🟨

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

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #30 |
Manager Game | #291 |
Wednesday, 30 January 1980

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🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Walmer, Kent
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 291 | 🟩 | 129 🟨 | 83 🟥 79 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1975-1984

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.64 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.99 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.20 |

Referee

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jamie Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tommy O'Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Floyd Streete | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Spriggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tommy Finney | 🇬🇧 |
CF George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Jamie Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Roger Gibbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, 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

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 30 Jan 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park

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