Game #3574
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 February 1980
Won
6th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Attendance: 29,469
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | None
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 February 1980
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 90’+3 Goal, 2-0, Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 2 February 1980
Villa score two but it could be six as they run rings around Palace to win for the fifth time in six unbeaten games in all competitions and keep their first clean sheet in eleven.
Ron Saunders' Villa win for the fifth time in six Division One games to make it ten wins, nine draws and five defeats in twenty four League matches. As a result Villa sit fourth in the table.
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Crystal Palace
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #292 |
Saturday, 2 February 1980
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🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1968-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 292 | 🟩 | 130 🟨 | 83 🟥 79 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴 | Leicester, 1968-1984
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 December 1977, Villa 3-0 Derby, Baseball Ground.
Cards: None
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.65 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.00 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.21 |
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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
Terry Venables | 🏴 |
Crystal Palace
GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 |
CB Terry Boyle | 🏴 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴 |
M Steve Kember | 🏴 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Mike Flanagan | 🏴 |
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Gerry Francis | 🏴 | (F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴 |)
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, 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
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, 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
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park