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Game #3644

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 2 September 1981

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Lost

21st (-4)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Sunderland

Roker Park

Attendance: 29,372

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

Sunderland

2-1

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 2 September 1981

⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Sunderland), Tom Ritchie
🕒 | HT Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 1-2, (Sunderland), Gary Rowell
🕒 | FT Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Retaliation
🟨 | Booking, Kenny Swain, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 2 September 1981

Reigning Champions Villa make it successive defeats as they open their 1981-82 title defence.

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker 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

Sunderland

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #3
League Match: #2
Manager Game: #362
Wednesday, 2 September 1981

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🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995
HT Score: 1-1
FT Result: Lost
FT Score: 1-2
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

🕒 362 | 🟩 | 165 🟨 | 98 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough, Ayresome Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨

🟨 🟨

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Terry Donovan, Brendan Ormsby come into the line up for their first appearances for Villa since 5 April 1980 and 3 May 1980 respectively. Dropping out are David Geddis and Ken McNaught.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.58 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.58 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.93 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Chris Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Joe Hinnigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Iain Munro | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Nick Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mick Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Rowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Ally McCoist | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker 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

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Some of our players haven't come down to earth yet. It takes a few games to get back to business. But I'm not despondent." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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