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Game #3605

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 23 September 1980

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Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

League Cup

Cambridge United

Abbey Stadium

Attendance: 7,608

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

Cambridge United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Des Bremner | 6' |

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 23 September 1980

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Des Bremner
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 1-1, (Cambridge United), Tommy Finney
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 2-1, (Cambridge United), Steve Spriggs
🕒 | HT Cambridge United 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 63' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Cambridge United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Dennis Mortimer, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 23 September 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa suffer a shock defeat to second division Cambridge United as they exit the League Cup at the third round stage.

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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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

Cambridge United

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Cambridge United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Cambridge United

Previous 5 vs. Cambridge: 🟨 🟩

Cambridge United

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Cambridge United

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #323 |
Tuesday, 23 September 1980

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🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 323 | 🟩 | 143 🟨 | 90 🟥 90 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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None

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.15 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.64 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Docherty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Cambridge United

GK Malcolm Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Donaldson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Lindsay Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Fallon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jamie Murray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Roger Gibbins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Doug Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Spriggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Tommy Finney | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
F Derrick Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Doug Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (LB Ian Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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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

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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