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Game #3637

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 14 April 1981

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Lost

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Ipswich Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 47,495

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Ipswich Town

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Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 82' |

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 14 April 1981

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Alan Brazil
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Ipswich Town
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 0-2, (Ipswich Town), Eric Gates
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-2, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Ipswich Town

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 14 April 1981

Ron Saunders' Villa lose to championship rivals Ipswich to allow the Portman Road club to close within a point of leaders Villa.

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, 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

Ipswich Town

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1977-78

Aston Villa

Ipswich Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #355 |
Tuesday, 14 April 1981

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🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 355 | 🟩 | 163 🟨 | 96 🟥 96 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 15 December 1979, Villa 2-1 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Williams and Gary Shaw replace Dennis Mortimer and David Geddis.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.58 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.20 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.41 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McCall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frans Thijssen | 🇳🇱 |
M Arnold Mühren | 🇳🇱 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Brazil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, 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

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We threw it away. When we gave Ipswich an early goal it was like walking into a right-hander. “The title is no longer In our hands. But until it is mathematically impossible, I fancy us." Ron Saunders. "I would have been happy with a draw but I'm absolutely delighted now.” Ipswich captain Mick Mills.
Quotes

🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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