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Game #3622

Aston Villa

14-5-5, 33 PTS

Friday, 26 December 1980

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Won

1st= (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Stoke

7-10-7, 24 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,658

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Stoke City

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Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 38' |

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 26 December 1980

⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 26 December 1980

  • After three games out due to suspension Peter Withe returns to hit the winner - his eighth goal of the season - to return Villa back to the top of the table, level on points with Liverpool and a point clear of Ipswich.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa win for the second time in three to make it fourteen wins, five draws and five defeats in twenty four League matches this season. As a result Villa climb back to joint first in the Division One table, level with Liverpool.

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Stoke

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

Aston Villa

Stoke

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #340 |
Friday, 26 December 1980

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🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mark Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1978-1987
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 340 | 🟩 | 153 🟨 | 94 🟥 93 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mark Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nottingham, 1978-1987
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 November 1979, Villa 3-1 Bolton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Peter Withe replaces David Geddis.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.90 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.11 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Stoke

GK Peter Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Iain Munro | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Paul Randall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Peter Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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