Game #3625
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 January 1981
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Division One
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 47,960
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-0
Liverpool
Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 19' | 82' |
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 January 1981
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 2-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Liverpool
🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 10 January 1981
Ron Saunders' Villa make it three unbeaten in the League after a difficult spell as they beat second placed Liverpool at Villa Park to make it fifteen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty six League matches this season. As a result Villa climb back to outright first in the Division One table one point ahead of Liverpool.
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Liverpool
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
Aston Villa
Liverpool
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #343 |
Saturday, 10 January 1981
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🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach, 1976-1988 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 343 | 🟩 | 154 🟨 | 95 🟥 94 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach, 1976-1988 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
🆘 Out of step with the pace of the game
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 1 September 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison Park. 🆘
Cards: 🟨
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Colin Gibson replaces Gary Williams.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.94 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.15 |
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bob Paisley | 🏴 | 🤡
Liverpool
GK Ray Clemence | 🏴 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴 |
CB Colin Irwin | 🏴 |
RB Richard Money | 🏴 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴 |
M Sammy Lee | 🏴 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴 |
M Terry McDermott | 🏴 |
W Ray Kennedy | 🏴 |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |
CF David Johnson | 🏴 |
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Jimmy Case | 🏴 |
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
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
With thanks to
Ignition Sports Media https://www.ignitionsportsmedia.com/collections/aston-villa
Darren Hunt for the kind permission to use his collection of historic Villa programme covers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/astonvillaprogrammes/
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
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🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.