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Game #3664

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 25 November 1981

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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

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Leicester City

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🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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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.

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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.

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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

Leicester City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 382 | 🟩 | 174 🟨 | 106 🟥 102 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

🟨 🟨

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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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 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa 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

Jock Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | D Norman Leet | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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.

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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

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 25 November 1981, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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