Game #3626
Aston Villa
Saturday, 17 January 1981
Won
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 27,020
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Coventry City
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 65' |
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 January 1981
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 55' Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley
⚽ | 65' Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
🥅 | 71' Goal, 2-1, (Coventry City), Mark Hateley
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 January 1981
Villa make it three wins in four unbeaten League games since their shock defeat to Brighton to make it sixteen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty seven League matches this season under Ron Saunders.
Villa remain top of the first division but have to share top spot with Ipswich who won their game in hand as Liverpool sit two points behind after 27 games.
Gordon Cowans makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (190 Appearances) to make it W85 D51 L54, 24 Goals and 24 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.96 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Coventry City
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #344 |
Saturday, 17 January 1981
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🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Southgate, 1974-1985 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 344 | 🟩 | 155 🟨 | 95 🟥 94 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Salmon | 🏴 | Southgate, 1974-1985 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
🆘 Shocking failure to award a penalty on 54'
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 October 1979, Villa 3-0 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
This game signified the final day of English football's use of the continental style card system. Originally used from 1976 to 1981, the use of coloured cards was suspended by the FA, who believed their existence stoked football violents. Cautions and sending offs were unaffected during the period but once again coloured cards were to no longer be shown on field.
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.13 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.96 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.17 |
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
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
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
RB Mick Coop | 🏴 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair (ex) | 🏴 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 | (CF Mark Hateley | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.