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Game #3653

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 7 October 1981

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,358

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-2

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Wolves

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🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 7 October 1981

🥅 | 32’ Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
🟥 | 54’ Sending off, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Andy Gray
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-2, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Joe Gallagher
⚽ | 65' Goal, 1-2, Des Bremner
⚽ | 69' Goal, 2-2, Andy Blair
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 3-2, Tony Morley, Assist by Des Bremner
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

🔁 | Sub off, Peter Withe, Sub on, Andy Blair

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 7 October 1981

Ron Saunders' Villa beat Wolves in the first leg of the League Cup second round and are now nine games unbeaten.

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

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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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

Wolverhampton Wanderers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #12
Manager Game: #371
Wednesday, 7 October 1981

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🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🕒 371 | 🟩 | 169 🟨 | 103 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Harrow, 1973-1983
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟥

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Morley replaces Andy Blair.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.33 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.68 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.89 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, 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 Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

John Barnwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Hugh Atkinson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Rafael Villazán | 🇬🇷 |
M Kenny Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mick Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟥 |
CF John Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | for CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Alan Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Norman Bell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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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

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