Game #3627
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 January 1981
Won
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,682
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Manchester City
Assist(s) | Allan Evans | 2' |
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 January 1981
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Allan Evans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
🔁 | 60' Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, David Geddis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
🟨 | Booking, Des Bremner, Professional Foul
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 January 1981
Villa extend their run to four wins in five unbeaten games as they beat a newly resilient Manchester City at Villa Park to remain top of the table, level on points with Ipswich and four clear of Liverpool.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins in five unbeaten matches to make it seventeen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty eight League matches this season. As a result Villa remain in joint first place in the Division One table level with Ipswich.
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Manchester City
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #345 |
Saturday, 31 January 1981
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🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 345 | 🟩 | 156 🟨 | 95 🟥 94 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 March 1980, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eamonn Deacy replaces Colin Gibson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.31 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.00 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.21 |
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🔁 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Bond | 🏴 | 🤡 |
Manchester City
GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴 |
M Paul Power | 🏴 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴 |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴 |
M Tony Henry | 🏴 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴 |
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF David Geddis | 🏴 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 60' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴 |
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
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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