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Game #3640

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 April 1981

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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

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 23' | Tony Morley | 51' | Dennis Mortimer | 80' |

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

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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.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 25 April 1981

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. Ipswich have two games and four points to play and must win their next match to keep their title challenge alive.

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, 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

Middlesbrough

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 358 | 🟩 | 165 🟨 | 97 🟥 96 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Dimblebee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stevenage, 1980–1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟨

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, 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 Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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.

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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

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, 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

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“With no disrespect to Middlesbrough we could have had six goals. We certainly should have' had more than three." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.

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