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Game #3651

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 30 September 1981

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Won

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

European Cup

Valur Reykavik

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 3,500

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

Valur Reykavik

0-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 25' |

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 30 September 1981

⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Knattspyrnufélagið Valur 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Knattspyrnufélagið Valur 0-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 30 September 1981

  • Gary Shaw scores a brace on his first appearance of the season having suffered a pre-season injury in Greece. 

  • Villa record a 7-0 aggregate victory in their first ever European Cup tie.

  • Gordon Cowans makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (215 Appearances) to make it W98 D58 L59, 27 Goals and 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.84 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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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

Valur Reykavik

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Besta deild karla Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980

Aston Villa

Valur Reykavik

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Valur Reykavik

Previous 5 vs. Valur: 🟩

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PREVIOUS MATCH

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SUBSEQUENT MATCH

None

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #10
European Match: #2
Manager Game: #369
Wednesday, 30 September 1981

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🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ole Amundsen | 🇩🇰 | Næstved, 1975-1983
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 7-0
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

🕒 369 | 🟩 | 168 🟨 | 102 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ole Amundsen | 🇩🇰 | Næstved, 1975-1983
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Shaw (first start of the season) replaces Tony Morley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.83 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.66 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.87 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

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Valur Reykavik

GK Sigurdur Haraldsson | 🇮🇸 |
RB Saevar Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Thorgrimur Þráinsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Hilmar Sighvatsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Magni Blöndal Pétursson | 🇮🇸 |
D Dyri Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Jón Bergs | 🇮🇸 |
M Ottar Sveinsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Valur Einar Valsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
F Matthías Hallgrímsson | 🇮🇸 |

Line Ups

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 |)

Substitutes

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not Recorded

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

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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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

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 12/12

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 30 September 1981, Villa 2-0 Valur, Laugardalsvöllur.

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