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Game #3577

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 20 February 1980

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Won

5th Round Replay

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

FA Cup

Blackburn Rovers

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,161

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Blackburn Rovers

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Assist(s) | Brian Little | 81' |

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 20 February 1980

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, David Geddis, Sub on, Brendan Ormsby
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Brian Little
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 20 February 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa beat third division Blackburn at the second attempt in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa 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: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #34 |
Manager Game | #295 |
Wednesday, 20 February 1980

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🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 295 | 🟩 | 131 🟨 | 84 🟥 80 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 16 February 1980, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Ewood Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.04 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.05 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.89 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
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

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa 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

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, 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

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa 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

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"After Saturday's effort I was determined to score and my opportunity came when I was moved forward. "When the chance arrived, there was no way I was going to miss it." Allan Evans. “Our [FA Cup 5th round] game at West Ham can't be any more difficult than the two we've had with Blackburn.“ Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.

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