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Game #3631

Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 March 1981

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Won

1st= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Sunderland

Roker Park

Attendance: 27,278

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

Sunderland

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 2' | Gordon Cowans | 19' |

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 March 1981

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Tony Morley, (75 Seconds)
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 2-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🟨 | 23' Booking, Kenny Swain for complaining about a rash Sunderland tackle
🕒 | HT Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 2-1, (Sunderland), Joe Hinnigan
🔁 | 85' Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Sunderland 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 March 1981

Ron Saunders, confined to his sick bed, hands over the reigns to Roy MacLaren as Villa win their seventh game in a row to make it twenty one wins, six draws and five defeats in thirty two League matches this season. As a result Villa go level on points with Ipswich at the top of the Division One table.

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #349 |
Saturday, 7 March 1981

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🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
*Absent with illness*
Roy MacLaren (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Auchterarder, 1981
Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Carlisle, 1973-1987 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 349 | 🟩 | 160 🟨 | 95 🟥 94 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Colin Seel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Carlisle, 1973-1987 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
🆘 Total failure to control Sunderland's desperate fouls
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 February 1979, Villa 1-1 United, Old Trafford.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names the same line up for a fourth successive match.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.21 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.09 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.30 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker 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

Ken Knighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Barry Siddall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joe Hinnigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Arnott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Rowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 85' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M John Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker 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

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker 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

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“That's the most intense spell of pressure 23 have been under this season. “I personally have never experienced an atmosphere like that, with the fervour of the crowd really carrying the Sunderland team forward. "At half time I told the players not to be complacent and to think that it was still 0-0. “We were expecting a bit of a Sunderland come back but nothing that strong. "It needed every ounce of professionalism and character that Ron Saunders has built into Aston Villa in the last five years to withstand that bout of pressure." Roy MacLaren.
Quotes

🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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