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's ongoing injury crisis sees a hugely edifying battle of youngsters unfold.
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 🟩 win to remain joint fifth in the first division table with one game left to play.
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.
Colin Gibson 🏴 scores his ⚽ second goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 51st appearance.
🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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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: ❌
🟩 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
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.