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Game #3650

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 September 1981

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Drew

14th= (+3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Division One

Birmingham City

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,763

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

Aston Villa (Champions)

0-0

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Birmingham City

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 September 1981

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 September 1981

  • Reigning champions Villa are 🟨 held to a draw for the fourth successive League game to sit 14th in the table after 🕒 seven games.

  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Birmingham City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

FIXTURE HISTORY

Birmingham City

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Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #9
League Match: #7
Manager Game: #368
Saturday, 26 September 1981

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🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 368 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 | 102 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986
🕒 6 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 6 | 🟩 17% | 🟨 17% | 🟥 66% | 🆘 : 17%
Cards 🟨 2 | 🟥 0 | 0.33 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Peter Withe

CARDS

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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Blair replaces Ken McNaught.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.65 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.00 |

Referee

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa 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 Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Jeff Wealands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Toine van Mierlo | 🇳🇱 |
W Bud Brocken | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Neil Whatmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Bud Brocken | 🇳🇱 | (W Ian Handysides | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

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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

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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