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Game #3625

Aston Villa

Saturday, 10 January 1981

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Liverpool

Villa Park

Attendance: 47,960

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Liverpool

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🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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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

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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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.

  • Villa cruise past Liverpool at Villa Park to open up a lead at the top of the first division table with no repeat of the Anfield luck that was so helpful for the opposition in the reverse fixture. 

  • Nevertheless the revered Bob Paisley embarrasses himself with a list of excuses including claims that Graeme Souness and Phil Neal were “reserve team players” of whom too much could not be expected for them to “perform like internationals”. 

  • And they wonder why nobody liked them.

  • The pitiful nature of the opposition was underlned as Bill Shankly championed the depressing, workmanlike football displayed by the Anfield side throughout their unprecedented 1970s success. 

  • If Villa were to lose the title they had already won the battle for football.

  • Success hides most ills, Liverpool however took that to the extreme.

  • After 7 games without a goal, Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 now has ⚽ two in his last 🕒 three games to make it ⚽ 9 in 🕒 26 appearances so far in his debut season.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his 20th goal in Villa shirt on his 🕒 233rd appearance.

  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #343 |
Saturday, 10 January 1981

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🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 343 | 🟩 | 154 🟨 | 95 🟥 94 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Ken McNaught, Foul

CARDS
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None

🆘 Out of step with the pace of the game

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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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 |

Referee

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🤡

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“If I was allowed only one goal a season I would choose to score against Liverpool - the team I supported as a boy.” Peter Withe. “Our destiny is in our own hands now. “It is down to team effort and pulling together like hell for each other if we are going to win the title.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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