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Game #3574

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 February 1980

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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

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Crystal Palace

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🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

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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

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

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

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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 6th in the table.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts).

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, 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

Crystal Palace

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Crystal Palace

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Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

League 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 9 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 3 |
League Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 8 | 🥅 3 |

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

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #292 |
Saturday, 2 February 1980

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MATCH SUMMARY

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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: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 292 | 🟩 | 130 🟨 | 83 🟥 79 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

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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

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

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

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

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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 |

Referee

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, 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

Terry Venables | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, 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

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Feb 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park

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