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Game #3652

Aston Villa

Saturday, 3 October 1981

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Drew

17th= (-3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division One

Leeds United

Elland Road

Attendance: 21,065

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

Leeds United

1-1

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assist(s) | Andy Blair | 8' |

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 October 1981

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Andy Blair
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Steve Balcombe
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Tony Morley

🟨 | Booking, Andy Blair, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Gordon Cowans, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Kenny Swain, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 October 1981

Reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in six League games but now have just one win, five draws and two defeats in their title defence as they sit 17th in the table.

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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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

Leeds United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #11
League Match: #9
Manager Game: #370
Saturday, 3 October 1981

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🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 370 | 🟩 | 168 🟨 | 103 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 13 October 1979, Villa 0-0 Albion, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.84 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.67 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.88 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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

Allan Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Hird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Hamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Carl Harris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Stephen Balcombe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gwyn Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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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

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

"We threw it away. “We played for about half and hour, then stopped doing the simple things and started to elaborate. “That’s the story of out lives at the moment. “Young Balcombe’s goal was a classic. “So was the way we handed it to him.” Ron Saunders
Quotes

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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