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Game #3601

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 3 September 1980

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Leeds United

Elland Road

Attendance: 12,236

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

Leeds United

1-3

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Aston Villa

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🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 3 September 1980

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
🥅 | 13' Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Arthur Graham
⚽ | 45' Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 72' Goal, 3-1, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-3 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy

🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 3 September 1980

  • Villa extend their unbeaten run to six games as they beat Leeds in the second leg of the League Cup to make it three wins over the Elland Road outfit in the last seven games.

  • Leeds take the lead but Villa fight back as Gary Shaw hits a brace for his fifth goal in six as Villa progress to the third round of the League Cup at Elland Road.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (165 Appearances) to make it W72 D46 L47, 21 Goals and 20 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.02 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

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

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #6 |
Manager Game | #319 |
Wednesday, 3 September 1980

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🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 319 | 🟩 | 142 🟨 | 90 🟥 87 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.59 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.80 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gary Hamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Madeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Derek Parlane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alejandro Sabella | 🇦🇷 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Terry Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Carl Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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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

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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