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Game #3634

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 March 1981

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Won

2nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

Southampton

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,467

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

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Southampton

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Assist(s) | David Geddis | 43' | Gary Williams | 45' |

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 March 1981

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Allan Evans o.g.
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Morley, Assist by David Geddis
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 2-1, David Geddis, Assist by Gary Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 March 1981

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the eighth time in ten games to make it twenty two wins, seven draws and six defeats in thirty five League matches this season and remain a point behind leaders Ipswich in second in the Division One table.

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa 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

Southampton

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Aston Villa

Southampton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #352 |
Saturday, 28 March 1981

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🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
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

🕒 352 | 🟩 | 161 🟨 | 96 🟥 95 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 November 1978, Villa 2-0 Bristol City, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.67 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.15 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.36 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, 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 David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Lawrie McMenemy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Peter Wells | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ivan Golac | 🇭🇷 |
CB Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steve Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nick Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Keegan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F David Puckett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa 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

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

I really felt good when my goal went in. There was a lot of frustration in that kick.” The ever miserable David Geddis, unlikely to ever get the chance to play in a Championship winning side, once again uses his opportunity to moan. “He [Geddis] is a player. I choose the side. “Withe is now available. as easy as that.” Ron Saunders with a typically short shrift retort.
Quotes

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

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