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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 October 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 October 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

🟥 31 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 October 1981

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 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Ipswich Town

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟥 31 October 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 October 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: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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On This Day
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Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 377 | 🟩 | 173 🟨 | 104 🟥 100 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 31 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟥 31 October 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
Manager

🟥 31 October 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 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 31 October 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

🟥 31 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, 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

🟥 31 October 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 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 31 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 31 October 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 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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