1979–80 Aston Villa F.C. season

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

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

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[lower-alpha 1]
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 19 9 14 58 47 +11 47 League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round[lower-alpha 2]
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:
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.

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. 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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