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Game #3643

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 August 1981

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Lost

17th=

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Notts County

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,978

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

Aston Villa (Champions)

0-1

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Notts County

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 August 1981

🔁 | 9' Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, Andy Blair
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 0-1, (Notts County), Iain McCullough
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Notts County
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Notts County

🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 August 1981

Reigning Champions Villa open 1981-82 with a defeat to Notts County at Villa Park.

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, 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: 1980-81

Notts County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1893-94

Aston Villa

Notts County

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Notts County

Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #2
League Match: #1
Manager Game: #361
Saturday, 29 August 1981

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🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 361 | 🟩 | 165 🟨 | 98 🟥 98 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 31 January 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟨

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.08 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.57 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.41 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, 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 Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jimmy Sirrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Notts County

GK Radojko Avramović | 🇷🇸 |
LB Ray O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
CB Pedro Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tristan Benjamin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Hooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Chiedozie | 🇳🇬 |
F Iain McCulloch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Rachid Harkouk | 🇩🇿 | 🔁 |
CF Trevor Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 9' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Rachid Harkouk | 🇩🇿 | (M Mark Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, 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

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

“Dreadful.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.

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