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Game #3632

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 March 1981

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Drew

2nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Division One

Manchester United

Villa Park

Attendance: 42,182

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-3

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Manchester United

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Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 16' | Dennis Mortimer | 68' |

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 March 1981

⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 28' Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester United
🥅 | 46' Goal, 2-1, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
🥅 | 66' Goal, 2-2, (Manchester United), Joe Jordan
⚽ | 68' Goal, 3-2, Gary Shaw, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 88' Goal, 2-3, (Manchester United, pen), Sammy McIlroy
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-3 Manchester United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 March 1981

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa end a run of seven wins with a high-scoring draw despite being two up at half time. 

  • As a result, Villa make it 🟩 twenty one wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 five defeats in thirty three League matches this season. 

  • Courtesy of Ipswich's win, Villa fall back to second in the Division One table, a point behind the Portman Road outfit.

  • Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, crowned PFA young player of the year, puts Villa ahead having seen his side run United ragged but ultimately Villa are held to a 3-3 draw for the second time this season by their opponents thanks to a last minute penalty.

  • Meanwhile, Ipswich boss Bobby Robson continues to show his fear with a new round of strange, self-entitled after match comments, all of which come as music to Ron Saunders' ears.

  • Following his latest utterings, Robson's Ipswich are accused of being “petulant”, “histrionic” and “rolling round... trying to get others booked” by their opponents.

  • Although Ipswich take a one point lead over Villa at the top of the table it's clear that Ron Saunders’ men have by far the cooler heads, focus and talent in a head to head title race with Bobby Robson’s talented but petulant and precious side.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 72nd appearance (70 Starts) at a rate of a goal every 2.40 games.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes it ⚽ 15 for the season and ⚽ 5 in his last 🕒 4 games.

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester United

Previous 5 vs. United: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #350 |
Saturday, 14 March 1981

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🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Darryl Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Uxbridge, 1975-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 350 | 🟩 | 160 🟨 | 96 🟥 94 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Darryl Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Uxbridge, 1975-1989
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 3 March 1980, Villa 1-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.22 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.11 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.32 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa 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

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester United

GK Gary Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Arthur Albiston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Kevin Moran | 🇮🇪 |
CB Martin Buchan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Lou Macari | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Coppell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
M Ray Wilkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Garry Birtles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Mike Duxbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

“We threw it away. “We stopped concentrating in the second half and allowed Coppell too much room. "But it shows how far have come when we draw 3-3 with Manchester United, have more chances but people are still sick we haven’t won. “One dropped point doesn't mean the championship is over.’’ Ron Saunders.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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