Game #3647
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
Won
1st Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
European Cup
Valur Reykavik
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,481
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
5-0
Valur Reykavik
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 6' | Des Bremner | 37' | 68' | Peter Withe | 40' | Tony Morley | 69' |
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 3-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 4-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 5-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Tony Morley
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Peter Withe, Foul
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 hits his ⚽ fifth goal in four games as Peter Withe 🏴 also grabs a ⚽ brace to hammer Valur 🇮🇸 in their first ever European Cup appearance.
Villa face Valur Reykavik 🇮🇸 for the first time in competitive football, Valur become the 117th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s sixth ‘continental’ European opponents and their first from Iceland 🇮🇸.
Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 scores his ⚽ 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 46th appearance.
Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 19th appearance.
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Valur Reykavik
Besta deild karla Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #6
European Match: #1
Manager Game: #365
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
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🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1980-1982
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 365 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 | 99 🟥 99 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1980-1982
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names the same line up for a fourth consecutive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.62 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.62 |
Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 20.97 |
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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
Valur Reykavik
GK Sigurdur Haraldsson | 🇮🇸 |
RB Saevar Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Hilmar Sighvatsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Thorgrimur Þráinsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Dyri Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Ottar Sveinsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Valur Einar Valsson | 🇮🇸 |
F Gudmundur Þorbjörnsson | 🇮🇸 |
F Thorsteinn Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 | (D Grímur Sæmundsen | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | F Thorsteinn Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | (F Matthías Hallgrímsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Sigurdur Dagsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Magni Blöndal Pétursson | 🇮🇸 |
M Jón Bergs | 🇮🇸 |
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
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, 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 | |
|---|---|
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | | 2 |
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 16/16
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 16 September 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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