LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Left Back

1979 🕒 12 | 12 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #605 |

Previous Player	Next Player
W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #604 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| #606 \|

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Michael Pejic	25 January 1950	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	(5 ft 7 in) 1.70 m

Personal

Transfer In

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1979-80	1 September 1979	29	£225,000	Everton		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Villa Career

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1979 | £220k |
Football League First Division |
🕒 12 | 12 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #605 |

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1979

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
1	12	12	0	0

🟩 Won	🟩 Win %	🟨 Drew	🟨 Drawn %	🟥 Lost	🟥 Loss %

Goals ⚽	Assists 🔥	Yellow Cards 🟨	Red Cards 🟥
0	0	1	0

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
0	0.00

Seasons

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Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1979-80	29	D1		12	12	0	0	0	0								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🇺	🔥	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Goalkeeping Record

Goalkeeper #	Goals Conceded 🥅	Goals Conceded per Game (CPG)	Clean Sheets ⛔	% Clean Sheets ⛔ %

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1979-80	29	D1	12

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

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Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

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LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Villa Youth Record

n/a

Previous Clubs

1964-68 Stoke City Youth
Football League First Division

1968-77 Stoke City
Football League First Division
🕒 274 | ⚽ 6 | (League)

1977-79 Everton
Football League First Division
🕒 76 | ⚽ 2 | (League)

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1979-80	15 September 1979	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Transfer In	Transfer In

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1979-80	15 September 1979	29	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Loans Out

None

Final

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1979-80	8 December 1979	29	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1979-80	8 December 1979	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1979-80	30 June 1980	30	Released	Retired		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Subsequent Clubs

1980 Retired aged 30

Quotes

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Quotes

Biography

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Biography

Appearances

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Appearances

12

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3551	🟥 15 September 1979, Villa 0-2 Palace, Selhurst Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Joe Ward \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3552	🟨 22 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3553	🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3554	🟨 29 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3555	🟩 6 October 1979, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3556	🟥 9 October 1979, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3557	🟨 13 October 1979, Villa 0-0 Albion, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3558	🟩 20 October 1979, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3562	🟩 17 November 1979, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3563	🟨 24 November 1979, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3564	🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3565	🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Terry Bullivant \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Starts

12

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3551	🟥 15 September 1979, Villa 0-2 Palace, Selhurst Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F John Deehan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| F Joe Ward \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| 🔴 \|
Game #3552	🟨 22 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟢 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \|
Game #3553	🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3554	🟨 29 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB John Gidman \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| 🔴 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| 🟥 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3555	🟩 6 October 1979, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🟨 \| M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3556	🟥 9 October 1979, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \|
Game #3557	🟨 13 October 1979, Villa 0-0 Albion, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \|
Game #3558	🟩 20 October 1979, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| 🔥 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🔥 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3562	🟩 17 November 1979, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3563	🟨 24 November 1979, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \|
Game #3564	🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| ⚽ \| 🟨 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔥 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟥 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3565	🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Mike Pejic \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Terry Bullivant \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| 🔁 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Starts

Subs

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Unused

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Cards Received

🟨

1 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

International Career

England

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa
	England	1979-80 🕒 0 \| 0 (0) \| ⚽ 0 \| 🔥 0 \| 🇺- \|

FA	National Team	Full International Record
	England	1974 🕒 4 \| 4 (0) \| ⚽ 0 \|

FA	Call Ups	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals	🔥 Assists	🇺 Unused
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

FA	First Cap with Villa

FA	First International Goal with Villa

FA	Last Cap with Villa

International Record

1979-80 🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺- |

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Unused

Match

Goals

Match

Matches

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Matches

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟥 15 September 1979, Villa 0-2 Palace, Selhurst Park.

Game #3551

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Reg Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Suffolk, 1974-1980 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #269 |
Saturday, 15 September 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
F Joe Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Joe Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 58' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK John Burridge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Billy Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vince Hilaire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mike Flanagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 | (F Ian Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ravaged by their injury list and another woeful refereeing performance, Villa's difficult start to the season on and off the pitch continues as they are well beaten by Palace to leave them nineteenth in the table.
Villa lose for the second successive game and fail to score for the third consecutive match to make it one win, two draws and three defeats in six League matches this season under Ron Saunders.
Mike Pejic, 29, makes his Villa debut after joining from Everton for a fee of £225,000 earlier this month.
Forward Joe Ward, 24, makes his 3rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving to Hibernian later this month in a swap deal that brought Des Bremner to the club.
Centre Forward John Deehan, 22, makes a shock final appearance in a Villa shirt ahead of an unexpected move to West Bromwich Albion later this month for a fee of £500,000. Deehan had played for Villa between 1975-76 and 1979-80 making 139 appearances and scoring 50 goals.
Gordon Cowans makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (115 Appearances) to make it W49 D30 L36, 15 Goals and 10 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟨 22 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Game #3552

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #270 |
Saturday, 22 September 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Paul Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Pat Rice | 🇬🇧 |
M John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Talbot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Steve Gatting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Des Bremner, David Geddis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal

🟨 | Booking, Brian Little, No apparent reason

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa fail to score for the fourth consecutive match to make it one win, three draws and three defeats in seven League matches this season as they slump to 21st place in the early Division One table. Meanwhile, midfielder Des Bremner, 27, and forward David Geddis, 21, made their Villa debuts after moving from Hibernian for £275,000 plus forward Joe Ward and Ipswich Town for £300,000 respectively.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟨 25 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park.

Game #3553

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Glasson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1973-1983
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #271 |
Tuesday, 25 September 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB John Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Gary Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa fail to score for the fifth consecutive game but eke out a draw to take their League Cup third round tie to a replay.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟨 29 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.

Game #3554

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #272 |
Saturday, 29 September 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Alan Ramage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF David Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa fail to score for the sixth consecutive match to make it one win, four draws and three defeats in eight League matches this season as they sit in 19th place in the early Division One table. Meanwhile, wantaway right back John Gidman made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Everton for a fee of £650,000 in October 1979. Villa had signed Gidman from Liverpool in August 1971 on a free transfer and he went on to make 241 appearances and scored 9 goals between 1972-73 and 1979-80.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟩 6 October 1979, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park.

Game #3555

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southgate, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #273 |
Saturday, 6 October 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Des Bremner | 34' | Dennis Mortimer | 43' | Allan Evans | 79' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Terry Gennoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Peach | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Malcolm Waldron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nick Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Charlie George | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Phil Boyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Austin Hayes | 🇮🇪 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa score for the first time in seven games.
Villa win for the first time in seven League matches to make it two wins, four draws and three defeats this season under Ron Saunders.
Villa climb 6 places to thirteenth in the table.
Gordon Cowans secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 119th appearance (104 Starts) to make it W50 D33 L36, 15 Goals and 10 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.76 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟥 9 October 1979, Villa 1-4 Everton, Goodison Park.

Game #3556

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #13 |
Manager Game | #274 |
Tuesday, 9 October 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Kenny Swain | 89' |

Assist(s) | David Geddis | 89' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK George Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB John Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Billy Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Geoff Nulty | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Kidd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Joe McBride | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa contrive to lose in the third round League Cup replay at Goodison.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟨 13 October 1979, Villa 0-0 Albion, Villa Park.

Game #3557

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #275 |
Saturday, 13 October 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
D John Wile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Tony Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
🟨 | 60' Booking, Kenny Swain, Handball
🟨 | 76' Booking, David Geddis, Dissent
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa fail to score for the seventh time in nine games to make it two wins, five draws and three defeats in ten League matches this season as they sit in 16th place in the Division One table.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟩 20 October 1979, Villa 3-1 Derby, Baseball Ground.

Game #3558

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1978-1984 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #276 |
Saturday, 20 October 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 6' | Gary Shaw | 58' | Dennis Mortimer | 71' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 6' | 58' | Gary Shaw | 71' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK John Middleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aidan McCaffery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Keith Osgood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Vic Moreland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Emery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Emson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Roy Greenwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Roger Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Billy Caskey | 🇬🇧 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🟨 | 29' Booking, Jimmy Rimmer, Arguing with referee Owen about lack of protection
💥 | 31' Jimmy Rimmer laid out in goalmouth after a collision
💥 | 36' Play resumes following treatment to Rimmer who remains dazed
🟨 | 39' Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Foul
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Paul Emson
🕒 | HT Derby County 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 3-1, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Derby County 1-3 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the second time in three Division One games to make it three wins, five draws and three defeats in eleven League matches this season as they sit in 14th place in the table.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟩 17 November 1979, Villa 2-1 Stoke, Villa Park.

Game #3562

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Bert Newsome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Shropshire, 1973-1983 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #19 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #280 |
Saturday, 17 November 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 23' | Allan Evans | 88' (pen) |

Assist(s) | Brian Little | 23' |

Teams

Starting XI

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

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Roger Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Paul Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Geoff Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
D Denis Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Loek Ursem | 🇳🇱 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it nine games unbeaten in Division One to record five wins, seven draws and three defeats in fifteen League matches this season. As a result Villa climb to ninth in the table - their highest position of the season to date. Meanwhile, midfielder Terry Bullivant made his first appearance in the Villa squad aged 23 after his move from Fulham for a fee of £220,000 earlier this month.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟨 24 November 1979, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Villa Park.

Game #3563

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Toseland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1971-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #281 |
Saturday, 24 November 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

Starting XI

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Kevin Hird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Greenhoff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Hamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Terry Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Carl Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Match Timeline

💥 | 38’ Missed Penalty, Allan Evans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United
🟨 | 66' Booking, David Geddis, Off the ball incident
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Leeds United

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it ten games unbeaten in Division One to record five wins, eight draws and three defeats in sixteen League matches this season. As a result Villa climb to eighth in the table - their highest position of the season to date. Meanwhile, full back Eamonn Deacy made his first appearance in the Villa squad aged 21 after his move from Galway Rovers in February 1979.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟨 1 December 1979, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Game #3564

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Tony Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | South Croydon, 1978-1980 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #282 |
Saturday, 1 December 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans | 22' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 22' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Kevin Keelan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Roger Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

F Alan Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

💥 | 20' Des Bremner hits the post
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
💥 | 22' Goal awareded by referee Cox after deciding the ball had crossed the line despite Bond's attempted clearance
💥 | 23' Referee Cox rules out Norwich equaliser due to offside
💥 | Jimmy Rimmer pulls off a strong save as Allan Evans and Kenny Swain were prostrate with injury
🟨 | 45' Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 70’ Booking, (Norwich City), Justin Fashanu for a deliberate stamp on Allan Evans in the penalty area
🟥 | 70' Sending off (Norwich City), Justin Fashanu for arguing (Referee Cox subsequently claims he had always intended to send Fashanu off for the first offence)
💥 | Jimmy Rimmer hit on the back of the neck by a 50p coin and laid out on ground
💥 | Allan Evans hit by a missile from the crowd
💥 | Rimmer refuses to return to the goal as Norwich bombard the area with bottles, cans and coins
💥 | Crowd violence stops play for five minutes as smoke bombs are thrown into the Villa area
💥 | Norwich boss John Bond enters the field of play to appeal for calm from the home fans
💥 | 88' Referee Cox waves play on after a fair tackle from Mike Pejic on the Norwich player in the penalty area.
💥 | 88' Referee Cox changes his mind and awards a penalty to Norwich
🟥 | 89’ Sending off, Dennis Mortimer, Dissent claimed by referee Cox but Mortimer is incensed at the accusation and further delays and remonstrations follow
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City, pen), Kevin Bond
🕒 | 102' FT Norwich City 1-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa make it eleven games unbeaten in Division One to record five wins, nine draws and three defeats in seventeen League matches this season. As a result Villa climb to seventh in the table - their highest position of the season to date.

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

🟥 8 December 1979, Villa 1-3 Liverpool, Villa Park.

Game #3565

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #283 |
Saturday, 8 December 1979

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 54' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Phil Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF David Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in twelve Division One games to make it five wins, nine draws and four defeats in eighteen League matches this season. As a result Villa fall back to ninth in the table. Meanwhile, Terry Bullivant made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Fulham in November 1979 for a fee of £220,000. However Mike Pejic made his twelfth and final appearance for Villa aged 29 having only joined earlier in the season before being forced to retire from football due to injury.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Left Back

1979 🕒 12 | 12 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #605 |

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Personal Profile

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Transfer In

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Villa Career

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Played Under

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Career Summary

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Season by Season Record

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Goalkeeping Record

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Honours

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Debut

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

First Goal Date

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Loans Out

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Final Appearance

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Transfer Out

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Subsequent Clubs

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Quotes

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Biography

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LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Appearances

12

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Starts

12

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Substitute Appearances

0

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Goals Scored

0

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Assists Made

0

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Cards Received

🟨

1

🟥

0

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International Career

England

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International Record

1979-80 🕒 0 | 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺- |

England

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Goals

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |

Matches

LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #605 |