Game #3588
Aston Villa
Saturday, 29 March 1980


Lost
5th= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Stoke
Victoria Ground
Attendance: 16,234
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
Stoke City
2-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 29 March 1980
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 0-1, (Stoke City, pen), Ray Evans
🕒 | HT Stoke City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-2, (Stoke City), Lee Chapman
🔁 | 65' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Robert Hopkins
🕒 | FT Stoke City 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
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 29 March 1980
Villa's injury hit squad continue to suffer as the threadbare side lose to Stoke but despite unfamiliar faces in the team and 🟩 one win in 🕒 seven first division games Ron Saunders' 🏴 side remain joint fifth in the table.
Villa 🟥 lose for the fifth time in seven to make it 🟩 thirteen wins, 🟨 twelve draws and 🟥 ten defeats in 🕒 thirty five League matches this season.
Due to the injury crisis Saunders 🏴 has to call on reserve team midfielder Robert Hopkins 🏴 for the second successive squad and the player gets more than the single minute he took to score his unlikely goal last time out however his performance is far from impressive and he would disappear completely from view until another injury crisis two and half years later saw then manager Tony Barton 🏴hand the still reserve team player a third and final appearance.
As a result of his scant consideration for first team selection, Hopkins 🏴 holds the record for lowest appearance ratio of any player in the club's history having being played in just 2.34% of Villa's games played from his debut to his final appearance.
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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
Stoke


League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #306 |
Saturday, 29 March 1980
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🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 306 | 🟩 | 134 🟨 | 87 🟥 85 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 May 1979, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.35 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.15 |
Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 19.50 |
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

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
Alan Durban | 🏴 |

Stoke
GK Peter Fox | 🏴 |
LB Paul Johnson | 🏴 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴 |
M Paul Richardson | 🏴 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Jeff Cook | 🏴 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Robert Hopkins | 🏴 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 65' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Adrian Heath | 🏴 | (M Paul Bracewell | 🏴 |)

🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Robert Hopkins | 🏴 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
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
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground
UNAVAILABLE

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

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground


MATCH REPORTS
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🟥 29 Mar 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground

