M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Midfielder

1979-82 🕒 3 | 1 (2) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 7 | #612 |

Previous Player	Next Player
GK Nigel Spink \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #611 \|	LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| #613 \|

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Personal Profile

Full Name	Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Citizenship		Height	Foot
Robert Arthur Hopkins	25 October 1961	Birmingham	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	(5 ft 7 in) 1.70 m

Personal

Transfer In

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Transfer In

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Signed Under
1979-80	1 July 1977	15	Youth	Aston Villa Youth		Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Season	Date	Age	Fee	From	From	Returned Under

Career

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Villa Career

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Aston Villa 1979-82 | Youth |
Football League First Division,
🕒 3 | 1 (2) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 7 | #612 |

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Played Under

Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1980
Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1982

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Career Summary

Seasons	Appearances 🕒	Starts 🕒	Substitute 🔁	Unused Sub 🇺	Points per Game (PPG)
4	3	1	2	7

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

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

Goal Involvements (GI)	Games per Goal (GPG)	Games per Goal Involvement (GiPG)
1	3.00

Seasons

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Season by Season Record

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1979-80	17	D1		2	0	2	1	0	3								2.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1980-81	18	D1		0	0	0	0	0	1								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1981-82	19	D1		0	0	0	0	0	1								0.00

Season	Age	Lg	#	🕒	🕒	🔁	⚽	🔥	🇺	🟩	🟩	🟨	🟨	🟥	🟥	PPG	GPG	GiPG
1982-83	20	D1		1	1	0	0	0	2								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

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Goalkeeping Record

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

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1979-80	17	D1	2

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

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1981-82	19	D1	0

Season	Age	Lg	🕒	🥅	CPG	⛔	⛔
1982-83	20	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	⛔	⛔

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Honours

Played for the Villa

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Villa Youth Record

1977-80 Aston Villa Youth

Previous Clubs

1980-82 Aston Villa Reserves
Football League First Division

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Debut

Squad From Season	First Squad Match	First Squad Under
1979-80	3 November 1979	Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Under	Promoted to First Team Date
n/a	n/a

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

Debut

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

First Goal Date

Game #	Match	Scorer(s)

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Loans Out

None

Final

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Final Appearance

Final Season	Final Game	Final Age	Final Game Under
1982-83	9 October 1982	20	Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Squad To Season	Final Squad	Final Squad Under
1982-83	9 October 1982	Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Transfer Out

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under
1982-83	1 January 1983	21	Free	Birmingham City		Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Out Season	Transfer Out Date	Age	Fee	To	To	Left Under

Transfer Out

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Subsequent Clubs

1983-86 Birmingham City
Football League First Division, Second Division
🕒 123 | ⚽ 20 | (League)

1986-87 Manchester City
Football League First Division
🕒 7 | ⚽ 1 | (League)

1987-89 West Bromwich Albion
Football League Second Division
🕒 83 | ⚽ 11 | (League)

1989-91 Birmingham City
Football League Third Division
🕒 50 | ⚽ 9 | (League)

1991-92 Shrewsbury Town
Football League Third Division
🕒 27 | ⚽ 3 | (League)

1992-93 Instant-Dict
Hong Kong First Division

1993 Colchester United
Football League Third Division
🕒 14 | ⚽ 1 | (League)

1993 Retired aged 32

Quotes

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Quotes

Biography

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Biography

Appearances

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Appearances

3

Game	Matchday Summary	Match Squad
Game #3587	🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3588	🟥 29 March 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Ivor Linton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3714	🟥 9 October 1982, Villa 1-4 Notts County, Meadow Lane.	Starting XI: GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Mark Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Subs: W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Starts

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Line Up
Game #3714	🟥 9 October 1982, Villa 1-4 Notts County, Meadow Lane.	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Mark Jones \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🔁 \| CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \| CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🟨 \| 🟥 \|

Starts

Subs

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Substitute Appearances

2

Game	Matchday Summary	Sub Sub
Game #3587	🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3588	🟥 29 March 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground.	M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Unused

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

7

Game	Matchday Summary	Unused Substitutes
Game #3560	🟩 3 November 1979, Villa 3-1 Bolton, Villa Park.	M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3589	🟩 5 April 1980, Villa 3-2 Forest, Villa Park.	M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3590	🟨 7 April 1980, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.	M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3642	🟨 22 August 1981, Villa 2-2 Spurs, Wembley	GK Nigel Spink \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3716	🟩 20 October 1982, Villa 2-0 Dinamo, Dinamo Stadium.	GK Nigel Spink \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| W Mark Walters \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|
Game #3720	🟩 3 November 1982, Villa 4-2 Dinamo, Villa Park.	GK Nigel Spink \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \| LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| M Robert Hopkins \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Goals Scored

1

Game	Matchday Summary	Scorer(s)
Game #3587	🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	Scorer(s) \| Gordon Cowans (pen) \| Robert Hopkins \| 90'+2 \|

Goals

Assists

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Assists Made

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Assist(s)

Cards

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Cards Received

🟨

0 🟥

0

Game	Matchday Summary	Villa Cards

International

International Career

England

FA	National Team	Caps with Villa
	England

FA	National Team	Full International Record
	England

FA	🕒 Caps	🕒 Starts	🔁 Sub	⚽ Goals

FA	First Cap with Villa

FA	First International Goal with Villa

FA	Last Cap with Villa

International Record

England

Starter

Match

Substitute

Match

Goals

Match

Matches

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Matches

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.

Game #3587

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #305 |
Wednesday, 26 March 1980

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans (pen) | Robert Hopkins | 90'+2 |

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 90'+2 |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | for M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90'+2 |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Roger Hansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Phil Hoadley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Mark Nightingale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Clive Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Alan Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Keith Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | D Mark Nightingale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Graham Paddon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the first time in seven to make it thirteen wins, twelve draws and nine defeats in thirty four League matches this season. Meanwhile, midfielder Pat Heard made his Villa debut aged 20 after moving from Everton in October 1979 for a fee of £150,000. Also appearing for the first time was midfielder Robert Hopkins who made a goalscoring debut from the subs bench aged 18 after joining from school football in June 1977.

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

🟥 29 March 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground.

Game #3588

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1979-80 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #306 |
Saturday, 29 March 1980

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Peter Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Paul Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Jeff Cook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the fifth time in seven to make it thirteen wins, twelve draws and ten defeats in thirty five League matches this season.

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

🟥 9 October 1982, Villa 1-4 Notts County, Meadow Lane.

Game #3714

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #12
League Match: #9
Manager Game: #37
Saturday, 9 October 1982

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 56' |

Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 58' |

Teams

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Radojko Avramović | 🇷🇸 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
LB David Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pedro Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tristan Benjamin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Gordon Mair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W John Chiedozie | 🇳🇬 |
F Iain McCulloch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Trevor Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, lose to Notts County for the second successive game, and are this time hammered in the League to make it four wins and five losses in nine League games this season. Meanwhile, Robert Hopkins played his final game for Villa having previously appeared twice as a substitute in the 1979-80 season. Hopkins moved on to Birmingham City in exchange for midfielder Alan Curbishley.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Midfielder

1979-82 🕒 3 | 1 (2) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 7 | #612 |

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Personal Profile

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Transfer In

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Villa Career

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Played Under

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Career Summary

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Season by Season Record

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Goalkeeping Record

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Season by Season Goalkeeping Record

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Honours

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Villa Youth Record

Previous Clubs

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Debut

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

First Goal Date

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Loans Out

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Final Appearance

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Transfer Out

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Subsequent Clubs

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Quotes

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Biography

​

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Appearances

3

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Starts

1

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Substitute Appearances

2

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Unused Substitute Appearances

7

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Goals Scored

1

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Assists Made

0

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Cards Received

🟨

0

🟥

0

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International Career

England

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International Record

​

England

Starter

Substitute

Goals

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

Matches

M Robert Hopkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #612 |

🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.