Game #3584
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 March 1980
Lost
6th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Division One
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 20,735
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Southampton
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟥 15 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 March 1980
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Ivan Golac
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Ivor Linton
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Mick Channon
🟨 | 90' Booking, Colin Gibson, High tackle
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-0 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
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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 March 1980
Injury hit Villa lose for the third successive game as their rivals for European football Southampton hit Ron Saunders’ side on the counter after having roughed Villa up in the early stages.
Ron Saunders' Villa lose three successive matches for the first time since September to make it twelve wins, eleven draws and eight defeats in thirty one League matches this season as they fall back to 8th in the table.
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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
Southampton
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
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FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #302 |
Saturday, 15 March 1980
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MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴 | Kent, 1968–1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 302 | 🟩 | 133 🟨 | 86 🟥 83 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ron Challis | 🏴 | Kent, 1968–1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
🆘 Failed to clampdown on Southampton's early aggression that inevitably ended with injuries and walking wounded for Villa.
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Colin Gibson, High tackle
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Kenny Swain and Tony Morley replace Brian Little and Ivor Linton.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.46 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.12 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.33 |
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MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Lawrie McMenemy | 🏴 |
Southampton
GK Peter Wells | 🏴 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴 |
CB Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
CB Malcolm Waldron | 🏴 |
RB Steve Baker | 🏴 |
RB Ivan Golac | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ |
M Alan Ball | 🏴 |
M Nick Holmes | 🏴 |
M Charlie George | 🏴 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Phil Boyer | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 5 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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