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Game #3579

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 27 February 1980

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Drew

8th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,139

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Manchester City

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🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 27 February 1980

⚽ | 42' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City, pen), Mike Robinson
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Dave Bennett
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 2-2, Own Goal, Willie Donachie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester City

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

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 27 February 1980

  • Villa tear Manchester City to shreds at Villa Park but despite leading at the interval and having a hatful of chances, Allan Evans’ handball in the box gives the visitors a lifeline they take before a lax defence concedes another and Villa need a late own goal to secure a single point for their almost total dominance.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa make it eleven wins, ten draws and six defeats in twenty seven League matches this season.

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #297 |
Wednesday, 27 February 1980

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🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Steve Bates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1977–1984
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 297 | 🟩 | 132 🟨 | 85 🟥 80 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Steve Bates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1978–1980

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Steve Bates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1978–1980
🕒 2 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 2 | 🟩 50% | 🟨 50% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 0.50 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟨

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

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.07 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.28 |

Referee

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Malcolm Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Willie Donachie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Henry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Roger Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"It's ridiculous that we should have had so much of the game and yet finish up being grateful for a point." Ron Saunders
Quotes

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 27 Feb 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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