1979–80 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
1979–80 season
Chairman(1) England Harry Kartz
(2) England
ManagerEngland Ron Saunders
StadiumVilla Park
First Division7th
FA CupSixth round
League CupThird round

The 1979–80 season was Aston Villa's 80th in the Football League and their fifth consecutive season in the top division.

8 September 1979: The national transfer record fee is broken for the second time in four days when Wolverhampton Wanderers pay almost £1,500,000 for Aston Villa and Scotland striker Andy Gray.[1]

October 1979: John Gidman is sold to Everton for £650,000 (2013: £2,900,000) in a deal which sees midfielder Pat Heard move the other way at a valuation of £100,000.[2] Heard would make nine appearances in his first season at Villa Park.[3]

8 March 1980: Second Division West Ham United beat Aston Villa 1–0 in the FA Cup sixth round.[4]

28 April 1980: Arsenal and Liverpool require another replay after drawing 1–1 again in their FA Cup semi-final second replay at Villa Park.[4]

3 May 1980: Liverpool clinch the league title in their penultimate league game of the season by beating Aston Villa 4–1 at Anfield.[5]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Nottingham Forest 42 20 8 14 63 43 +20 48 European Cup 1980–81 First round[a]
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 9 14 58 47 +11 47 League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round[b]
7 Aston Villa 42 16 14 12 51 50 +1 46
8 Southampton 42 18 9 15 65 53 +12 45
9 Middlesbrough 42 16 12 14 50 44 +6 44
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Nottingham Forest won the European Cup for the second year running, and thus qualified for the following season's competition as defending champions.
  2. ^ Wolverhampton Wanderers were this season's League Cup winners.

Squad[]

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK England ENG Jimmy Rimmer
- DF England ENG Kenny Swain
- DF England ENG Colin Gibson
- DF Scotland SCO Allan Evans
- DF Scotland SCO Ken McNaught
- MF England ENG Dennis Mortimer
- MF Scotland SCO Des Bremner
- FW England ENG Brian Little
- FW England ENG David Geddis
- MF England ENG Gordon Cowans
- FW England ENG Gary Shaw
- DF England ENG Brendan Ormsby
- MF England ENG Tony Morley
- DF England ENG Ivor Linton
No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF England ENG Mike Pejic
- FW Republic of Ireland IRL Terry Donovan
- MF England ENG Pat Heard
- FW England ENG John Deehan
- MF England ENG Terry Bullivant
- MF England ENG Gary Shelton
- DF England ENG Noel Blake
- DF England ENG John Gidman
- DF Republic of Ireland IRL Eamonn Deacy
- DF England ENG Gary Williams
- FW Scotland SCO Joe Ward
- GK England ENG Nigel Spink
- MF England ENG Robert Hopkins
- MF Scotland SCO Alex Cropley
- MF England ENG Lee Jenkins

References[]

  1. ^ "www.thewolvessite.co.uk". Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. ^ The Guardian, Clough apology to directors, 19 October 1979
  3. ^ "Pat Heard Career statistics". Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Smailes, Gordon (2000). The Breedon Book of Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 234. ISBN 1859832148.
  5. ^ "www.liverweb.org.uk". Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

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