top of page

Game #3599

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 27 August 1980

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Leeds United

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,622

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

Villa.gif

Leeds United

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 9' |

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 27 August 1980

⚽ | 9' Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Leeds United

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 27 August 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa extend their unbeaten form to include the League Cup as they make it four games unbeaten and three wins at the start of the 1980-81 season.

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Leeds United

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Aston Villa

Leeds United

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #317 |
Wednesday, 27 August 1980

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 317 | 🟩 | 140 🟨 | 90 🟥 87 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
🆘 Repeatedly failed to penalise Leeds' regular trangressions including at least two nailed on penalty claims
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 November 1979, Villa 0-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

🟨

None

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names the same line up for a third successive match.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.74 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.57 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.78 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Adamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Leeds United

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jeff Chandler | 🇮🇪 |
M Gwyn Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Alejandro Sabella | 🇦🇷 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Terry Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif

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

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

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

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

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Opens in New Window

Reports

🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page