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Game #3659

Aston Villa

Saturday, 31 October 1981

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Lost

12th= (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Ipswich Town

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,652

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

Aston Villa (Champions)

0-1

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Ipswich Town

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 October 1981

🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Russell Osman
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Ipswich Town
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Ipswich Town

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

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 October 1981

  • Villa’s recent bogey side and runners up to the reigning champions in last season’s first division, Ipswich, inflict a fourth successive defeat on Ron Saunders’ side as a “peculiar” refereeing performance sees Villa beaten for the first time in fifteen games.

  • Bobby Robson brings a defensive Ipswich to Villa Park and lucks into a victory as reigning Champions Villa lose for the first time in fourteen games and the first time in ten League matches to make it three wins, six draws and three defeats in their title defence as they fall back to 12th in the table.

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Ipswich Town

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81

FIXTURE HISTORY

Ipswich Town

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Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #18
League Match: #12
Manager Game: #377
Saturday, 31 October 1981

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🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 377 | 🟩 | 173 🟨 | 104 🟥 100 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 February 1981, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux.
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Kenny Swain replaces Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.40 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.75 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.96 |

Referee

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, 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

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McCall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frans Thijssen | 🇳🇱 |
M Arnold Mühren | 🇳🇱 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Brazil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Robin Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, 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

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

“It was a bad game and we were awful.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 Oct 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park

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