1979–80 Aston Villa F.C. season
| 1979–80 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | (1) Harry Kartz (2) Ron Bendall |
| Manager | Ron Saunders |
| Stadium | Villa Park |
| First Division | 7th |
| FA Cup | Sixth round |
| League Cup | Third round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Gary Shaw (9) All: Gary Shaw (12) |
| Highest home attendance | 41,660 vs Liverpool (8 December 1979) |
| Lowest home attendance | 15,319 vs Middlesbrough (19 March 1980) |
The 1978–79 English football season was Aston Villa's 81st season in the Football League and their 5th consecutive season in the top division.
There were debut appearances for Nigel Spink (361), Des Bremner (174), Tony Morley (137), David Geddis (47), Eamonn Deacy (33), Terry Donovan (24), Terry Bullivant (12), Mike Pejic (10), Noel Blake (4) and Robert Hopkins (3). On 8 September 1979, the national transfer record fee was broken for the second time in four days when Wolverhampton Wanderers pay almost £1,500,000 for Villa's Scotland striker Andy Gray. In October John Gidman wass sold to Everton for £650,000 (2013: £2,300,000) in a deal which saw left back Pat Heard (24) move the other way at a valuation of £150,000. Heard would make nine appearances in his first season at Villa Park.
3 May 1980: Liverpool clinch the league title in their penultimate league game of the season by beating Aston Villa 4–1 at Anfield.