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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

  • Villa score for the first time in five games but can only draw with second from bottom Boro - their seventh League draw in fourteen as the reigning champions sit fourteenth in the table thirteen points off the top.

  • Villa make it three wins, seven draws and four defeats in their title defence.

  • Gordon Cowans scores his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 227th appearance (212 Starts) to make it W103 D62 L62, 30 Goals and 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

🟨 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

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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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