Game #3576
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 February 1980


Drew
5th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
FA Cup
Blackburn Rovers
Ewood Park
Attendance: 29,468
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
Blackburn Rovers
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Terry Donovan | 40' |
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood


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

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 February 1980
Centre back 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 until Evans' misfortune 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.
Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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
Blackburn Rovers


League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #294 |
Saturday, 16 February 1980
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🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCH SUMMARY


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: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 294 | 🟩 | 130 🟨 | 84 🟥 80 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCH OFFICIALS
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: 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Allan Evans, Foul
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

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 |
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
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 | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Howard Kendall | 🏴 |

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 | 🇬🇧 |
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Pat Heard | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
LB Pat Heard | 🏴 | | 2 |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
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
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood


MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 16 Feb 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood

