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Game #3663

Aston Villa

Saturday, 21 November 1981

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Drew

14th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Division One

Middlesbrough

Ayresome Park

Attendance: 12,522

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

Middlesbrough

3-3

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 61' | Peter Withe | 65' |

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 November 1981

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
🥅 | 13' Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough, pen), Tony McAndrew
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61' Goal, 2-1, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Gary Shaw
⚽ | 65' Goal, 3-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🥅 | 71' Goal, 3-2, (Middlesbrough), Billy Ashcroft
🥅 | 76' Goal, 3-3, (Middlesbrough), Billy Ashcroft
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 3-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 November 1981

Reigning Champions Villa score more in one game than in their previous five matches but can only draw with second from bottom Boro as they make it three wins, seven draws and four defeats in their title defence as they fall back to 15th in the table.

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome 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

Middlesbrough

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Middlesbrough

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Middlesbrough

Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #22
League Match: #14
Manager Game: #381
Saturday, 21 November 1981

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🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1979-1986
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
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

🕒 381 | 🟩 | 173 🟨 | 106 🟥 102 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1979-1986
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Eamonn Deacy replaces Dennis Mortimer.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.85 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.80 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.01 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Bobby Murdoch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Irving Nattrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Heini Otto | 🇳🇱 |
F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 |
CF Billy Woof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF David Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Billy Woof | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome 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

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"The difference Is that last season we were a team. Now we are 11 players. “League champions should not give away goals like we did." Jimmy Rimmer.
Quotes

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.

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