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Game #3619

Aston Villa

Saturday, 6 December 1980

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Lost

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Middlesbrough

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 15,597

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

Middlesbrough

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 84' |

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 December 1980

🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Craig Johnston
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 1-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 1-2, (Middlesbrough), David Shearer
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
🟨 | Booking, David Geddis, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 6 December 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa, without a win in four - and in their worst run of the season to date - make it twelve wins, five draws and four defeats in twenty one League matches this season. As a result Villa fall back to joint first place in the Division One table, level with Liverpool.

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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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

Middlesbrough

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

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #337 |
Saturday, 6 December 1980

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🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 337 | 🟩 | 151 🟨 | 94 🟥 92 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 February 1980, Villa 2-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

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None

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Geddis replaces Peter Withe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.36 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.84 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.05 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Irving Nattrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | ⚽ |
F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 |
CF David Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Graeme Hedley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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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

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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