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Game #3592

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 April 1980

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Lost

5th= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 45,201

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

Manchester United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 90' |

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 April 1980

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
🕒 | HT Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
🔁 | Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Tony Morley
⚽ | 90' Goal, 1-2, Des Bremner, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Retaliation for having his nose broken by Jordan

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 April 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in four to make it fourteen wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in thirty nine League matches this season. The defeat however was all the more poignant as it proved to be the final game for Villa great Brian Little who was forced to retire aged just 26 through injury. Little had played for Villa between 1971-72 and 1979-80 making 301 appearances and scoring 82 goals.

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1971-80 | 🕒 303 | 296 (7) | ⚽ 80 | 🔥 63 | 🇺 8 | #554 |

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #310 |
Wednesday, 23 April 1980

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🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982 🆘
HT Score:
FT Result | Lost |
FT Score | 1-2 |
Last 5 Games | LWDDL |

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

🕒 310 | 🟩 | 135 🟨 | 89 🟥 86 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Michael Lowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1972–1982 🆘
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
🆘 A truly woeful and highly suspect refereeing performance from Lowe sees a goal awarded despite being delivered from behind the bye-line, an unpunished typically thuggish performance from Joe Jordan and a free kick derived goal that never should have been. To boot Lowe watched on unconcerned as Jordan ruled Evans out for the remainder of the season with a broken nose before the Sheffield official decided the most appropriate reaction was to book Evans for retaliation. Truly shocking. Lowe would never officiate Villa again.
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 April 1976, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.96 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.22 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.43 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Gary Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Moran | 🇮🇪 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Tom Sloan | 🇬🇧 |

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

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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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

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 6 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Suspension | 1 |
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

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.

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