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Game #3575

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 February 1980

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Lost

6th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 33,816

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

Arsenal

3-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 February 1980

🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Alan Sunderland
🕒 | HT Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 0-2, (Arsenal), Graham Rix
🔁 | 62' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, David Geddis
🥅 | 65’ Goal, 0-3, (Arsenal), Alan Sunderland
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-3, Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 February 1980

  • Villa fall 0-3 behind before a Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 consolation at Highbury leaves them joint sixth in the table after 25 games but with games in hand on the teams around them.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for the first time in seven games to make it 🟩 ten wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 twenty five League matches.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 suffers his 🟥 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 193rd appearance.

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #293 |
Saturday, 9 February 1980

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🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 293 | 🟩 | 130 🟨 | 83 🟥 80 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.67 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.02 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.23 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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 Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Pat Jennings | 🇬🇧 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Steve Walford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 9 Feb 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury

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