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Game #3576

Aston Villa

Saturday, 16 February 1980

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Drew

5th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

FA Cup

Blackburn Rovers

Ewood Park

Attendance: 29,468

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Terry Donovan | 40' |

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 16 February 1980

🟨 | 32' Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-0 David Geddis, Assist by Terry Donovan
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 89’ Goal, (Blackburn Rovers), Allan Evans o.g.
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 16 February 1980

  • Allan Evans heads into his own net with just 55 seconds remaining to leave Villa with another cup replay - this time with third tier Blackburn who had looked incapable of drawing level even with just a one goal deficit.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (140 Appearances) to make it W60 D40 L40, 18 Goals and 16 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.12 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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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

Blackburn Rovers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Blackburn Rovers

Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #294 |
Saturday, 16 February 1980

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🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 294 | 🟩 | 130 🟨 | 84 🟥 80 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Should have shown Rathbone a red rather than yellow for a clear sending off offence
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Geddis replaces Gary Shaw.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.04 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.88 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Blackburn Rovers

GK Jim Arnold | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Rathbone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Glenn Keeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Fazackerley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jim Brannagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Duncan McKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Andy Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Simon Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Noel Brotherston | 🇬🇧 |

Line Ups

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Stuart Metcalfe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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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

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood 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

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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