Game #3596
Aston Villa
Saturday, 16 August 1980
Won
9th
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Leeds United
Elland Road
Attendance: 23,401
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
Leeds United
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 44' | Peter Withe | 59' |
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 16 August 1980
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United, pen), Byron Stevenson
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Morley, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Foul
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 16 August 1980
Villa open the 1980-81 season with a win at Leeds as Peter Withe 🏴 creates a goal on debut and Gary Shaw 🏴 runs the show to set up Villa's opening day win despite conceding a penalty in just the 2' of the game.
Centre Forward Peter Withe 🏴 28 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Newcastle United in May 1980 for a fee of £500,000 to become the 615th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Gordon Cowans 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 40th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 160th appearance (145 Starts) to make it 🟩 W68 🟨 D45 🟥 L47, 21 ⚽ Goals and 🔥 19 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.00 games he has played in his career so far.
Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 fourth appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in four months.
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | #615 | £500,000 signing from Newcastle
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Leeds United
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #314 |
Saturday, 16 August 1980
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🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: George Flint | 🏴 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1974–1980
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 314 | 🟩 | 138 🟨 | 89 🟥 87 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Flint | 🏴 | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 1974–1980
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Gary Williams, Foul
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders hands a debut to new signing Peter Withe.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.47 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.54 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.75 |
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Jimmy Adamson | 🏴 |
Leeds United
GK John Lukic | 🏴 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴 |
M Carl Harris | 🏴 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴 |
M Alejandro Sabella | 🇦🇷 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Curtis | 🏴 |
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Eddie Gray | 🏴 | (CF Derek Parlane | 🏴 |)
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
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
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 16 Aug 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road
MATCH REPORTS
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