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Game #3608

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 8 October 1980

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Drew

2nd= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Manchester United

Old Trafford

Attendance: 38,831

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

Manchester United

3-3

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 15' | Kenny Swain | 69' |

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 8 October 1980

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 35’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester United, pen), Sammy McIlroy
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester United), Steve Coppell
🕒 | HT Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 2-2, Gordon Cowans (pen)
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 2-3, (Manchester United), Sammy McIlroy
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 3-3, Gary Shaw, Assist by Kenny Swain
🕒 | FT Manchester United 3-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 8 October 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa recover from two goals down to make it six wins, two draws and two defeats in ten League matches this season.

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

Aston Villa

Manchester United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #326 |
Wednesday, 8 October 1980

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🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
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

🕒 326 | 🟩 | 145 🟨 | 91 🟥 90 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eamonn Deacy replaces Colin Gibson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.00 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.68 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.89 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Gary Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mike Duxbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Kevin Moran | 🇮🇪 |
CB Nikola Jovanović | 🇲🇪 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Jimmy Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

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

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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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

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Squad Bios

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.

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