Game #3607
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 October 1980
Won
2nd= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Sunderland
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,914
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
4-0
Sunderland
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 76' |
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 October 1980
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Morley
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 3-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 4-0, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Sunderland
🔁 | Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 October 1980
Villa record their biggest win of the season to date as they make it six wins, one draw and two defeats in nine League matches this season under Ron Saunders.
Villa remain joint second in the table, three points off leaders Ipswich.
Gordon Cowans secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 171st appearance (156 Starts) to make it W75 D46 L50, 21 Goals and 22 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.98 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Sunderland
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73
Aston Villa
Sunderland
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #325 |
Saturday, 4 October 1980
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🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 325 | 🟩 | 145 🟨 | 90 🟥 90 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 9 February 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: 🟨
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up as he fields the first XI used in eight of the twelve matches so far this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.85 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.67 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.88 |
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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
Ken Knighton | 🏴 |
Sunderland
GK Chris Turner | 🏴 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴 |
CB Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴 |
M Kevin Arnott | 🏴 |
F Gary Rowell | 🏴 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴 |
CF Alan Brown | 🏴 |
CF Pop Robson | 🏴 |
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 | (M Barry Dunn | 🏴 |)
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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