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Game #3645

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 September 1981

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Won

15th= (+6)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 31,265

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

Tottenham Hotspur

1-3

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 25' | 45' | Peter Withe | 33' |

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 September 1981

⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Colin Gibson
⚽ | 33' Goal, 2-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 45' Goal, 3-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 Aston Villa
🥅 | 73' Goal, 3-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Ricky Villa
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 September 1981

Reigning Champions Villa record their first win of their title defence as Terry Donovan scores his third in two games.

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Tottenham Hotspur

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #4
League Match: #3
Manager Game: #363
Saturday, 5 September 1981

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🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 363 | 🟩 | 166 🟨 | 98 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Brian Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kettering, 1978-1995
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up for the first time this season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.59 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.59 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.94 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gordon Smith (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Graham Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Garry Brooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Villa | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 |
F Chris Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB John Lacy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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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

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 5 September 1981, Villa 3-1 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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