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Game #3638

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 April 1981

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Won

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Nottingham Forest

Villa Park

Attendance: 34,707

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Nottingham Forest

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🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 April 1981

⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans (pen)
⚽ | 45' Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 April 1981

Ron Saunders' Villa win for the eleventh time in fourteen games to make it twenty five wins, seven draws and seven defeats in thirty nine League matches this season as they sit three points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table.

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #356 |
Saturday, 18 April 1981

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🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Chadwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darwen, 1975–1983
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 356 | 🟩 | 164 🟨 | 96 🟥 96 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Chadwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darwen, 1975–1983
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 5 April 1980, Villa 3-2 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Dennis Mortimer replaces Allan Evans.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.00 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.21 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.42 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, 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 Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Einar Jan Aas | 🇳🇴 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Bryn Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, 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

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“Our fate is our own hands. “The supporters and the bookmakers will have us favourites again. “But the players can't afford to think like that. “We now have to win at Stoke and Saturday's results don't make it any easier. “It will be a fight and there are two more waiting for us against Middlesbrough and Arsenal. “The race will go on to the last day and that has got to be good for the game.” Dennis Mortimer. “I predicted it after they played us in December and I feel the same way now. “Villa are a skilful side who compete. That is why they beat us. They competed slightly better than us." Forest assistant manager Peter Taylor. "When we saw Arsenal had scored again it made us go that bit harder." Peter Withe.
Quotes

🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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