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Game #3620

Aston Villa

Saturday, 13 December 1980

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Birmingham City

Villa Park

Attendance: 41,101

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-0

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Birmingham City

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 64' | David Geddis | 77' | Allan Evans | 83' |

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 December 1980

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by David Geddis
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 3-0, David Geddis, Assist by Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Birmingham City

🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 13 December 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in five to make it thirteen wins, five draws and four defeats in twenty two League matches this season. As a result Villa retake the outright lead at the top of the Division One table one point ahead of second placed Liverpool.

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa 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

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #338 |
Saturday, 13 December 1980

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🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
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

🕒 338 | 🟩 | 152 🟨 | 94 🟥 92 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 April 1977, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.38 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.86 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.07 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa 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

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Jeff Wealands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Phil Hawker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steve Lynex | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa 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

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa 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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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