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Game #3636

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 8 April 1981

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

Villa Park

Attendance: 47,998

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

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West Brom

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🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 8 April 1981

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 8 April 1981

  • Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 lobs the Albion ‘keeper for a late winner as Villa's title rivals Ipswich are up next - the side that lucked into a win in the reverse fixture back in September.

  • Villa 🟩 win for the tenth time in 🕒 twelve games to make it 🟩 twenty four wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 thirty seven League matches this season under Ron Saunders. 

  • Villa move three points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table.

  • Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (185 Starts) to make it 🟩 W92 🟨 D52 🟥 L55, ⚽ 25 Goals and 🔥 27 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 18th goal of the season and 8th in the last 6 games.

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

West Bromwich Albion

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Bromwich Albion

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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH

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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #354 |
Wednesday, 8 April 1981

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🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Replaced by Vic Wood
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 354 | 🟩 | 163 🟨 | 96 🟥 95 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Substitute Referee: Vic Wood
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 September 1979, Villa 0-2 Colchester, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Colin Gibson and David Geddis replace Gary Williams and Gary Shaw.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.69 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.18 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.02 |

Referee

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ft)

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D John Wile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Remi Moses | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

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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

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 8 Apr 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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