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Game #3633

Aston Villa

Saturday, 21 March 1981

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Lost

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 35,091

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

Tottenham Hotspur

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 March 1981

🥅 | 41' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Garth Crooks
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 64’ Missed penalty, Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 73' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Archibald
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 March 1981

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in eleven games and make it twenty one wins, seven draws and six defeats in thirty four League matches this season. As a result, Villa remain a point behind leaders Ipswich in second in the Division One table.

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #351 |
Saturday, 21 March 1981

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🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
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

🕒 351 | 🟩 | 160 🟨 | 96 🟥 95 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Les Burden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Poole, 1975-1985
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Geddis replaces Peter Withe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.65 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.13 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.34 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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 David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Milija Aleksic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Graham Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Garry Brooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Steve Archibald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Giorgio Mazzon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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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

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We had five men [in the team] that we got nothing from at all. "Ipswich losing cushions it a little bit, but doesn't alter the fact that we didn't play." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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