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Game #3613

Aston Villa

Saturday, 1 November 1980

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 29,953

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Leicester City

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🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 1 November 1980

🔁 | 38' Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Gary Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 1 November 1980
  • Villa ⚽ hit two in four second half minutes to secure their 🟩 fifth successive League win and open their lead at the top of the table to three points. 

  • Meanwhile in a shock move, the board put the entirety of the Villa reserve team up for sale to counter "financial problems" with Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Gary Shelton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Terry Bullivant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 touted for departure.

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it nine unbeaten in the League with 🟩 eleven wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 fifteen League matches this season.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 220th appearance.

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #331 |
Saturday, 1 November 1980

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🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1979-1989
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 331 | 🟩 | 150 🟨 | 91 🟥 90 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1979-1989

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Eamonn Deacy replaces Colin Gibson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.06 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.75 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.96 |

Referee

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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

Jock Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Willie Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Larry May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Geoff Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Everton Carr | 🇦🇬 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Martin Henderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Alan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 38' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF David Buchanan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 1 Nov 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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