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Game #3635

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 April 1981

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Won

1st (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

Filbert Street

Attendance: 26,032

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

Leicester City

2-4

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 24' | Gary Shaw | 33' | Kenny Swain | 49' | Dennis Mortimer | 55' |

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 April 1981

🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City, pen), Steve Lynex
⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 33' Goal, 2-1, Des Bremner, Assist by Gary Shaw
🥅 | 44' Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Steve Lynex
🕒 | HT Leicester City 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49' Goal, 3-2, Peter Withe, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 55' Goal, 4-2, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 April 1981

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the ninth time in eleven games to make it twenty three wins, seven draws and six defeats in thirty six League matches this season as they move a point clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table.

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #353 |
Saturday, 4 April 1981

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🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Terry Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1976-1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
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

🕒 353 | 🟩 | 162 🟨 | 96 🟥 95 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Terry Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1976-1982
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 May 1980, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Anfield.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Peter Withe replaces David Geddis.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.28 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.17 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.38 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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

Jock Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Paul Friar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Larry May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Geoff Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Pat Byrne | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Lynex | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Neil Grewcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Kevin MacDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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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

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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MATCH QUOTES

“Villa are the best side we have played this season. “They are going for the title in style like Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. “They are a great team. Jock Wallace, Leicester manager.
Quotes

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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