top of page

Game #3623

Aston Villa

Saturday, 27 December 1980

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Drew

1st= (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Attendance: 33,930

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Nottingham Forest

2-2

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 67' |

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 December 1980

⚽ | 16’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Larry Lloyd
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Trevor Francis
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Kenny Swain
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-2, (Nottingham Forest), Martin O’Neill
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 December 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa draw at Forest to make it fourteen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty five League matches this season. As a result Villa remain joint first in the Division One table, level with Liverpool.

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #341 |
Saturday, 27 December 1980

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966–1981 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 341 | 🟩 | 153 🟨 | 95 🟥 93 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Pat Partridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | County Durham, 1966–1981 🆘
Matches Officiated: 17
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 6
🆘 : 3
🆘 Missed a handball penalty before incorrectly disallowing an onside goal
Previous 5: Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 April 1979, Villa 0-4 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

🟨

None

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Geddis replaces Peter Withe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.42 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.90 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.11 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Villa.gif

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

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

2509-2.png

Nottingham Forest

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Bryn Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Raimondo Ponte | 🇨🇭 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

RB Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif

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

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

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

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

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

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

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

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

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

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

“It was a tremendous match, and more games like this would bring back the missing thousands. “All I hope is that the television cameras do full justice to a splendid game.” Ron Saunders. “I was unlucky to collect my fourth caution of the season. “I only made bodily contact but perhaps referees are being a little over protective towards him [Trevor Francis] after his serious injury.” Allan Evans.
Quotes

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

Opens in New Window

Reports

🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Videos
bottom of page