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Game #3587

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 March 1980

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Won

5th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Norwich City

Villa Park

Attendance: 17,956

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Norwich City

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🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 26 March 1980

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Pat Heard
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, pen
🔁 | 90'+2 Sub off, Ivor Linton, Sub on, Robert Hopkins 🟢
⚽ | 90'+2 Goal, 2-0, Robert Hopkins, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Norwich City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 26 March 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in seven to make it thirteen wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty four League matches this season. Meanwhile, midfielder Pat Heard made his Villa debut aged 20 after moving from Everton in October 1979 for a fee of £150,000. Also appearing for the first time was midfielder Robert Hopkins who made a goalscoring debut from the subs bench aged 18 after joining from school football in June 1977.

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #305 |
Wednesday, 26 March 1980

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🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 305 | 🟩 | 134 🟨 | 87 🟥 84 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 December 1975, Villa 0-1 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.34 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.15 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.50 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Mark Nightingale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | for M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90'+2 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | D Mark Nightingale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, 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

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, 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

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 8 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

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