Game #3594
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
Won
5th= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 17,969
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Coventry City
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans (pen)
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (Coventry City), Ian Wallace
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
Villa win for the second game in succession and make it sixteen wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in forty one Division One matches this season under Ron Saunders.
Villa are again forced to play Noel Blake who would otherwise be nowhere near first team football but in a hugely edifying battle of youngsters, Villa field a team with an average outfield age of 20, whilst Coventry have five under 21 players in their side - with both Midlands clubs eschewing the norm of imported and ageing squads.
Both teams put on a fine attacking display that Villa won to remain joint fifth in the first division table with one game left to play.
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Coventry City
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #312 |
Tuesday, 29 April 1980
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🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 312 | 🟩 | 137 🟨 | 89 🟥 86 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.38 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.24 |
Youngest Player |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴 | 18.31 |
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
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
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Jim Blyth | 🏴 |
LB David Barnes | 🏴 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 |
W Roger Van Gool | 🇧🇪 |
F Tommy English | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Tommy English | 🏴 | (M Danny Thomas | 🏴 |)
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
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
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
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
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.