Game #3664
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 25 November 1981
Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,136
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-0
Leicester City
Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 29' |
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 25 November 1981
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans (pen)
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City
🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe
🟨 | Booking, Eamonn Deacy
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 25 November 1981
Ron Saunders' Villa beat second division Leicester in the League Cup third round replay at Villa Park - their first win in any competition in six games.
Not for the first time this season Villa meet an inspired goalkeeper, this time Mark Wallington. Despite his heroics however he can’t stop his side losing but does keep the scoreline down from the hammering the performance warrented.
Gordon Cowans contributes his 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 228th appearance (213 Starts) to make it W104 D62 L62, 31 Goals and 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Leicester City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
Aston Villa
Leicester City
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #23
Manager Game: #382
Wednesday, 25 November 1981
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🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 382 | 🟩 | 174 🟨 | 106 🟥 102 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.86 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.81 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 20.02 |
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
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
Jock Wallace | 🏴 |
Leicester City
GK Mark Wallington | 🏴 |
D Norman Leet | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Geoff Scott | 🏴 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Kevin MacDonald | 🏴 |
M Andy Peake | 🏴 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴 |
M Steve Lynex | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Gary Lineker | 🏴 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴 |
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Norman Leet | 🏴 | (LB Bobby Smith | 🏴 |)
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.