Game #3640
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 April 1981
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division One
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,018
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
3-0
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 23' | Tony Morley | 51' | Dennis Mortimer | 80' |
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 April 1981
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 80' Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Middlesbrough
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 April 1981
Villa put in the "complete team performance" to beat Middlesbrough at Villa Park and maintain their four point lead at the top of the table with a game to play.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa make it 🏴 twenty six wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 seven defeats in 🕒 forty one League matches this season as they sit four points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table who have one game extra to play.
Ipswich must win their next match to keep their title challenge alive.
Left back Colin Gibson 🏴 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Centre torward Peter Withe 🏴 scores his ⚽ 21st goal of the season on his 🕒 39th appearance and now has ⚽ 11 goals in his last 🕒 10 games. Withe 🏴 also contributes his 🔥 fifth assist in a Villa shirt.
Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 70th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 248th appearance at a rate of one every 3.54 games.
Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴 makes his 🕒 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Middlesbrough
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #358 |
Sunday, 26 April 1981
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🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Dimblebee | 🏴 | Stevenage, 1980–1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 358 | 🟩 | 165 🟨 | 97 🟥 96 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dimblebee | 🏴 | Stevenage, 1980–1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.40 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.23 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.44 |
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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
John Neal | 🏴 |
Middlesbrough
GK Jim Platt | 🏴 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Colin Ross | 🏴 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴 |
M Mark Proctor | 🏴 |
F BozidarJanković | 🇧🇦 |
F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 |
CF David Shearer | 🏴 |
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Billy Askew | 🏴 |
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
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | | 12 |
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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