Game #3607
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 October 1980
Won
2nd= (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Sunderland
Villa Park
Attendance: 26,914
Aston Villa
4-0
Sunderland
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 76' |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ken Knighton | 🏴 |
Sunderland
GK Chris Turner | 🏴 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴 |
CB Sam Allardyce | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Stephen Whitworth | 🏴 |
M Kevin Arnott | 🏴 |
F Gary Rowell | 🏴 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴 |
CF Alan Brown | 🏴 |
CF Pop Robson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 | (M Barry Dunn | 🏴 |)
🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 October 1980
Villa record their biggest win of the season to date as they make it six wins, one draw and two defeats in nine League matches this season under Ron Saunders.
Villa remain joint second in the table, three points off leaders Ipswich.
Gordon Cowans secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 171st appearance (156 Starts) to make it W75 D46 L50, 21 Goals and 22 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.98 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
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