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Game #3639

Aston Villa

Monday, 20 April 1981

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Drew

1st (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Stoke

Victoria Ground

Attendance: 23,500

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

Stoke City

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 23' |

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 20 April 1981

⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-1, (Stoke City), Brendan O’Callaghan
🕒 | HT Stoke City 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Stoke City 1-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Kenny Swain, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy

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

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 20 April 1981

  • An exhausted Villa just keep going and despite being held at Stoke they open up a four point lead at the top of the table. 

  • Although Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 continues to take nothing for granted, Villa are all but crowned champions, as Ipswich concede the - mathematically still possible - title as their strange mixture of overblown arrogance and naivety haunts them once again.

  • Villa make it 🟩 twenty five wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 seven defeats in forty League matches this season as they sit four points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table with just two games, and four points to play for. Ipswich however have three games left to play.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 20th goal of the season on his 🕒 38th appearance.

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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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

Stoke

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

FIXTURE HISTORY

Stoke

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Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #357 |
Monday, 20 April 1981

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🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1972-1986
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 357 | 🟩 | 164 🟨 | 97 🟥 96 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1972-1986
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 31 January 1979, Villa 1-1 Everton, Goodison 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

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Allan Evans replaces Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.39 |

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

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

Referee

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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 Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Stoke

GK Peter Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Iain Munro | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Maguire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Loek Ursem | 🇳🇱 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Paul Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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MATCH QUOTES

"They [Stoke] played very well while we were a degree or two under. "But playing our second match in three days under difficult conditions, I've got to be satisfied with a point. “At the moment it's all about eleven men grafting like hell for a result. That's what we are doing." Ron Saunders. “When we beat Villa last week we thought we had won it.” Ipswich captain Mick Mills lifts the lid on the prima donna dressing room under Bobby Robson.
Quotes

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 20 Apr 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground

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MATCH VIDEO

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