CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Centre Back

1980-81 🕒 4 | 4 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #614 |

Previous Player	Villa Career	Next Player
LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #613 \|	1980-81 🕒 4 \| 4 (0) \| ⚽ 0 \| 🔥 0 \| 🇺 0 \| #614 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #615 \|

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Noel Lloyd George Blake	12 January 1962	Kingston	Jamaica	🇯🇲	Jamaica England	🇯🇲 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	(6 ft 2 in) 1.88 m

Personal

Transfer In

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1979-80	1 August 1979	17	Youth	Aston Villa Youth		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Villa Career

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1980-81 | Youth |
Football League First Division |
🕒 4 | 4 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #614 |

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1980, 1981

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
3	4	4	0	0

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

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

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

Seasons

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1979-80	17	D1		3	3	0	0	0	0								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1980-81	18	D1		0	0	0	0	0	0								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1981-82	19	D1		1	1	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

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1979-80	17	D1	3

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1980-81	18	D1	0

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1981-82	19	D1	1

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	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Villa Youth Record

1979-80 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

1978-79 Sutton Coldfield Town
Midlands Combination Division One

1980-81 Aston Villa Reserves
Football League First Division

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1979-80	26 April 1980	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	July 1981

Debut Season	Debut Date	Debut Age	Debut Under
1979-80	26 April 1980	18	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Debut

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Loans Out

1982 Shrewsbury Town
1 Mar 1982 to 31 May 1982
Football League Second Division
🕒 6 | 6 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

Final

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1981-82	19 December 1981	19	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1981-82	19 December 1981	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1982-83	15 September 1982	20	£55,000	Birmingham City		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

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Subsequent Clubs

1982-84 Birmingham City, £0.06m
Football League First Division
🕒 76 | ⚽ 5 | (League)

1984-88 Portsmouth, £0.15m
Football League Second Division, First Division
🕒 144 | ⚽ 10 | (League)

1988-90 Leeds United, Free
Football League Second Division
🕒 51 | ⚽ 4 | (League)

1990-92 Stoke City, £0.18m
Football League Third Division
🕒 75 | ⚽ 3 | (League)

1992 Bradford City, Loan
Football League Third Division
🕒 6 | ⚽ 0 | (League)

1992-93 Bradford City, Free
Football League Second Division
🕒 39 | ⚽ 3 | (League)

1993-95 Dundee FC, Free
Scottish Premier League, First Division
🕒 54 | ⚽ 2 | (League)

1995-01 Exeter City, Free
Football League Third Division
🕒 147 | ⚽ 10 | (League)

2001 Retired aged 39

International

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

International Career

National Team	Caps with Villa	International Record	Last Cap
England

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Quotes

Biography

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Biography

Appearances

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Appearances

4

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3593	🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3594	🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None
Game #3595	🟥 3 May 1980, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Anfield.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3669	🟥 19 December 1981, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Terry Bullivant \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Terry Donovan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: None

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Starts

4

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3593	🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟢 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3594	🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3595	🟥 3 May 1980, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Anfield.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3669	🟥 19 December 1981, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison Park.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Noel Blake \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔴 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 🟨 \| M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Terry Bullivant \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Terry Donovan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \|

Starts

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub

Subs

Unused

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Goals Scored

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)

Goals

Assists

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

Matches

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Matches

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

Game #3593

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Kevin McNally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1972-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #311 |
Saturday, 26 April 1980

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 67' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Starting XI

GK Barry Daines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Don McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 |
F Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 | (CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Noel Blake
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the second time in five to make it fifteen wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in forty League matches this season. Meanwhile, centre back Noel Blake made his Villa debut aged 18 after moving from Sutton Town in December 1978.

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Game #3594

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #312 |
Tuesday, 29 April 1980

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Colin Gibson | 37' | Gordon Cowans (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Starting XI

GK Jim Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB David Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Roger Van Gool | 🇧🇪 |
F Tommy English | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | F Tommy English | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Danny Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the second game in succession to consolidate 7th place in the League and make it sixteen wins, fourteen draws and eleven defeats in forty one Division One matches this season.

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

🟥 3 May 1980, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Anfield.

Game #3595

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Terry Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1976-1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #52 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #313 |
Saturday, 3 May 1980

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 26' |

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Avi Cohen | 🇮🇱 | ⚽ |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Phil Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry McDermott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ray Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Howard Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa end the season with a defeat to champions Liverpool but deliver a 7th place finish after overcoming a difficult start to the season dominated by off-field issues. Villa finish the campaign with sixteen wins, fourteen draws and twelve defeats in forty two Division One matches.

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

🟥 19 December 1981, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison Park.

Game #3669

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Carlisle, 1973-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #28
League Match: #18
Manager Game: #387
Saturday, 19 December 1981

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Neville Southall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Higgins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Ratcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Lodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alan Irvine | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Graeme Sharp | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Joe McBride | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Reigning Champions Villa lose a third successive Division One game to make it four wins, seven draws and seven defeats in their title defence. Meanwhile, Noel Blake made his final appearance for Villa having played just four times for the club between 1979-80 and 1981-82. Blake moved to Birmingham City for a fee of £55,000 in September 1982.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Centre Back

1980-81 🕒 4 | 4 (0) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 | #614 |

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Personal Profile

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Transfer In

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Villa Career

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Played Under

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Career Summary

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Season by Season Record

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Goalkeeping Record

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Honours

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Debut

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

First Goal Date

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Loans Out

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Final Appearance

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Transfer Out

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Subsequent Clubs

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

International Career

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Quotes

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Biography

​

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Appearances

4

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Starts

4

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Substitute Appearances

0

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

0

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Goals Scored

0

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Assists Made

0

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Cards Received

🟨

0

🟥

0

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

Matches

CB Noel Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #614 |

🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.

Game #3593

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 67' |

Teams

Starting XI

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes