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Game #3593

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 April 1980

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Won

5th= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,549

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur

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🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 April 1980

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Noel Blake
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 April 1980

  • Villa win for the second time in five and first win in four to make it fifteen wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in forty League matches this season under Ron Saunders.

  • Villa are forced to raid the reserves again and field a side of whom seven are under the age of 21. 

  • Villa remain joint 5th with five games to play, three points clear of 6th and three points behind fourth.

  • Such is the desperate need for bodies that centre back Noel Blake, 18, is selected to make his Villa debut after joining from Sutton Town in December 1978 and coming through the youth ranks to become the 614th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Gordon Cowans scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 157th appearance (142 Starts) to make it W66 D45 L46, 20 Goals and 18 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.13 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #311 |
Saturday, 26 April 1980

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🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 311 | 🟩 | 136 🟨 | 89 🟥 86 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 5
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 September 1978, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: None

On his sixth and final appearance officiating a Villa match, McNally does not brandish a single card. Across his previous five fixtures he had shown a remarkable 23 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Colin Gibson, David Geddis and Noel Blake (debut) replace Allan Evans, Eamonn Deacy and Brian Little.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.37 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.23 |

Youngest Player |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.30 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Barry Daines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Don McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 |
F Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 | (CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, 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 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

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