F.A. Cup Quarter Final
8th March 1980
West Ham United
vs
Aston Villa
Upton Park
Attendance: 36,393
Score; 1-0 (Half-time 0-0)
Hammers: Stewart (pen 89).
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West Ham Parkes Lampard (c) Brush Stewart Martin Devonshire Allen Pearson Cross Brooking Pike |
Aston Villa Rimmer Linton Gibson Ormsby McNaught Mortimer (c) Bremner Little Donovan Cowans Bullivant |
| ON TO THE CUP FINAL |
| ON TO THE SEMI FINAL - REPLAY |
| ON TO THE SEMI FINAL |
| BACK TO THE 5th ROUND |
| BACK TO THE 4th ROUND |
| BACK TO THE 3rd ROUND - REPLAY |
| BACK TO THE 3rd ROUND |
| RETURN TO MAIN SITE |
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what the programme said . . . INTO THE SEMI-FINAL A penalty conversion in the closing minute at Upton Park gave Aston Villa no time in which to seek an equaliser that would have earned them a replay.
Had they succeeded in doing so it would have been an injustice, as only the most fanatical of Villa supporters would venture to disagree with neutral observers in their unbiased judgment that the Hammers merited victory. That opinion of ours being the better XI on the day was freely given by the representatives of the Midlands media, and we can have no qualms in venturing the view that it was a fine team performance that put the Hammers into the draw.
We went to press with this issue well before the names came out of the hat; the alternatives of an "all London derby" (against Arsenal) or a "London vs Liverpool" (Everton or Liverpool) inter-city duel will have been decided by the time these notes are read, but whatever name is linked with ours it must be a fasinating Semi-Final.
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