Game #3593
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 April 1980
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
Tottenham Hotspur
Assist(s) | None
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
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.
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.
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
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73
Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
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: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 311 | 🟩 | 136 🟨 | 89 🟥 86 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
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.
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
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 |
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 | (CF Mark Falco | 🏴 |)
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not Recorded
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
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/12
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 7 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴 |
M Frank Carrodus | 🏴 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
F Brian Little | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.