1980-81

Season Summary

Division	League	Pos	FA	FA Cup Progress	EFL	League Cup Progress	Europe	European Progress
	Division One	1st		3rd Round		3rd Round		n/a

1980-81

League Table

Division One

Position	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Previous 5
1	Aston Villa	42	26	8	8	72	40	32	60	7 \| 8 \| 8 \| 4 \| 16 \|
2	Ipswich Town	42	23	10	9	77	43	34	56	3 \| 6 \| 18 \| 3 \| 6 \|
3	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	61	45	16	53	4 \| 7 \| 5 \| 8 \| 17 \|
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	12	10	60	42	18	52	10 \| 3 \| 6 \| 7 \| 25 \|
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	62	42	20	51	🏆 \| 🏆 \| 2 \| 🏆 \| 🏆 \|
6	Southampton	42	20	10	12	76	56	20	50	8 \| 14 \| 24 \| 28 \| 35 \|
7	Nottingham Forest	42	19	12	11	62	44	18	50	5 \| 2 \| 🏆 \| 25 \| 30 \|
8	Manchester United	42	15	18	9	51	36	15	48	2 \| 9 \| 10 \| 6 \| 3 \|
9	Leeds United	42	17	10	15	39	47	-8	44	11 \| 5 \| 9 \| 10 \| 5 \|
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	15	13	70	68	2	43	14 \| 11 \| 25 \| 22 \| 9 \|
11	Stoke City	42	12	18	12	51	60	-9	42	18 \| 25 \| 29 \| 21 \| 12 \|
12	Manchester City	42	14	11	17	56	59	-3	39	17 \| 15 \| 4 \| 2 \| 8
13	Birmingham City	42	13	12	17	50	61	-11	38	25 \| 21 \| 11 \| 13 \| 19 \|
14	Middlesbrough	42	16	5	21	53	61	-8	37	9 \| 12 \| 14 \| 12 \| 13 \|
15	Everton	42	13	10	19	55	58	-3	36	19 \| 4 \| 3 \| 9 \| 11 \|
16	Coventry City	42	13	10	19	48	68	-20	36	15 \| 10 \| 7 \| 19 \| 14 \|
17	Sunderland	42	14	7	21	52	53	-1	35	24 \| 26 \| 28 \| 20 \| 23 \|
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	9	20	43	55	-12	35	6 \| 18 \| 15 \| 23 \| 20 \|
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	7	21	54	67	-13	35	16 \| 24 \| 26 \| 46 \| 48 \|
20	Norwich City ⬇️	42	13	7	22	49	73	-24	33	12 \| 16 \| 13 \| 16 \| 10 \|
21	Leicester City ⬇️	42	13	6	23	40	67	-27	32	23 \| 39 \| 22 \| 11 \| 7 \|
22	Crystal Palace ⬇️	42	6	7	29	47	83	-36	19	13 \| 23 \| 31 \| 47 \| 49 \|

1980-81

Fixture List

Game #	Matchday Summary	Competition Summary	W	D	L	Position	Opposition Subs	Opposition Manager	Opposition Unused	Opposition Team Cost	Team Cost	Opposition Unavailable	Result Image	Previous Game	Next Game	Previous vs	Next vs	Villa Context	Opposition Context	Match Manager	Competition Category	Manager Match	Manager Performance	Heading For	Media Credit	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Player 11	Sub 1	Unused 1	Ref Standalone	p1 Start	p1 App	p1 L	p1 GC	s1 App	s1 Sub	s1 D	s1 GC	s1 L	p1 W	p1 cs	s1 W	s1 CS	p1 D	p2 App	p2 Start	p2 Gl	p2 Ast	p2 W	p2 D	p2 L	s1 Gl	s1 Ast	s1 Bk	Sub Sub	p5 St	p5 Gl	p5 Ast	p5 W	p5 D	p5 L	p5 Bk	p5 So	p2 Bk	p1 Bk	s1 So	p3 App	p3 Start	p3 Gl	p3 Ast	p3 D	p3 W	p3 L	p3 Bk	p3 So	p4 App	p4 St	p4 Gl	p4 Ast	p4 W	p4 D	p4 L	p4 Bk	p4 So	p6 App	p6 St	p6 Gl	p6 Ast	p6 W	p6 D	p6 L	p6 Bk	p7 App	p7 St	p7 Gl	p7 Ast	p7 W	p7 D	p7 L	p7 Bk	p7 So	p8 App	p8 St	p8 Gl	p8 Ast	p8 W	p8 D	p8 L	p8 GC	p8 CS	p8 Bk	p11 App	p11 St	p11 Gl	p11 Ast	p11 W	p11 D	p11 L	p11 Bk	p11 So	p10 App	p10 St	p10 Gl	p10 Ast	p10 W	p10 D	p10 L	p10 Bk	p9 App	p9 St	p9 Gl	p9 Ast	p9 W	p9 D	p9 L	p9 Bk
3596	🟩 16 August 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road.	Division One	🟩			9th	🔁 \| W Eddie Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| (CF Derek Parlane \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|)	Jimmy Adamson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 3 May 1980, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Anfield.	🟩 20 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	🟨 19 April 1980, Villa 0-0 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	314	🕒 314 \| 🟩 \| 138 🟨 \| 89 🟥 87 \| 1.60	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CB Brendan Ormsby \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	George Flint	154	154	44	171						62	47			48	76	76	5	9	29	27	20					3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	4		31	28	0	0	15	8	8	2	0	131	131	7	6	51	41	39	6	1	45	45	3	1	19	15	11	1	204	204	18	39	88	63	53	9	1	160	145*	21	19*	68*	45	47	-	-	2	21	18	4	5	6	6	9	0	0	37	36	13	5	17	10	10	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
3597	🟩 20 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			4th (+5)	🔁 \| W Steve Goble \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (D Mark Nightingale \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	John Bond \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 16 August 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟨 23 August 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.	🟩 26 March 1980, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	🟩 12 November 1980, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.			Ron Saunders	League	315	🕒 315 \| 🟩 \| 139 🟨 \| 89 🟥 87 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Unknown	155	155	44	171						63	48			48	77	77	5	9	30	27	20					46	3	1	20	15	11	1	0	5	4		97	95	17	2	36	34	27	13	3	132	132	7	6	52	41	39	6	1	53	51	2	0	25	13	15	3	205	205	18	39	89	63	53	9	1	161	146*	21	19	69*	45	47	-	-	2	22	19	4	6	7	6	9	0	0	38	37	14	5	18	10	10	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0
3598	🟨 23 August 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.	Division One		🟨		4th (-)	🔁 \| CF Paul Sugrue \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Roger Palmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Malcolm Allison \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟩 20 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟨 7 April 1980, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.	🟩 31 January 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	316	🕒 316 \| 🟩 \| 139 🟨 \| 90 🟥 87 \| 1.60	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Alan Saunders	156	156	44	173						63	48			49	78	78	5	9	30	28	20					47	3	1	20	16	11	1	0	5	4		98	96	17	2	37	34	27	13	3	133	133	7	6	52	42	39	6	1	54	52	2	0	25	14	15	3	206	206	18	39	89	64	53	9	1	162	147*	21	20*	69	46*	47	-	-	2	23	20	4	6	7	7	9	0	0	39	38	14	6	18	11	10	0	3	3	2	1	2	1	0	0
3599	🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	League Cup	🟩			2nd Round	No Substitutions Made	Jimmy Adamson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Eddie Gray \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟨 23 August 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.	🟩 30 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.	🟩 16 August 1980, Villa 2-0 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.			Ron Saunders	League Cup	317	🕒 317 \| 🟩 \| 140 🟨 \| 90 🟥 87 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Clive White	157	157	44	173						64	49			49	79	79	5	9	31	28	20					48	3	1	21	16	11	1	0	5	4		99	97	17	2	37	35	27	14	3	134	134	7	6	53	42	39	6	1	55	53	2	0	26	14	15	3	207	207	18	40	90	64	53	9	1	163	148*	21	20	70*	46	47	-	-	2	24	21	5	6	8	7	9	0	0	40	39	14	6	19	11	10	0	4	4	2	1	3	1	0	0
3600	🟩 30 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			3rd (+1)	🔁 \| CB Gary Gillespie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| (M Danny Thomas \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Gordon Milne \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟩 29 April 1980, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.			Ron Saunders	League	318	🕒 318 \| 🟩 \| 141 🟨 \| 90 🟥 87 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Pat Heard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Alan Porter	158	158	44	173						65	50			49	80	80	5	9	32	28	20					49	3	1	22	16	11	1	0	5	4		100	98	17	2	37	36	27	14	3	135	135	7	6	54	42	39	6	1	56	54	2	0	27	14	15	3	208	208	18	41	91	64	53	9	1	164	149*	21	20	71*	46	47	-	-	2	25	22	5	6	9	7	9	0	0	41	40	15	6	20	11	10	0	5	5	2	1	4	1	0	0
3601	🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	League Cup	🟩			2nd Round	No Substitutions Made	Jimmy Adamson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Carl Harris \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 30 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.	🟥 6 September 1980, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	🟩 27 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟨 15 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League Cup	319	🕒 319 \| 🟩 \| 142 🟨 \| 90 🟥 87 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|		Unknown	159	159	44	174	5	3	1	0	1	66	50	3	0	49	81	81	5	9	33	28	20	0	0	0	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	50	3	1	23	16	11	1	0	5	4	0	101	99	17	2	37	37	27	14	3	136	136	7	6	55	42	39	6	1	57	55	2	0	28	14	15	3	209	209	18	41	92	64	53	9	1	165	150*	21	20	72*	46	47	-	-	2	26	23	5	6	10	7	9	0	0	42	41	17	6	21	11	10	0	6	6	3	1	5	1	0	0
3602	🟥 6 September 1980, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	Division One			🟥	4th (-1)	No Substitutions Made	Bobby Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Kevin O'Callaghan \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟥 13 September 1980, Villa 0-2 Everton, Villa Park.	🟨 22 March 1980, Villa 1-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.	🟥 3 January 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.			Ron Saunders	League	320	🕒 320 \| 🟩 \| 142 🟨 \| 90 🟥 88 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Mike Bidmead	160	160	45	175						66	50			49	82	82	5	9	33	28	21					51	3	1	23	16	12	1	0	5	4		102	100	17	2	37	37	28	14	3	137	137	7	6	55	42	40	6	1	58	56	2	0	28	14	16	3	210	210	18	41	92	64	54	9	1	166	151*	21	20	72	46	48*	-	-	2	27	24	5	6	10	7	10	0	0	43	42	17	6	21	11	11	0	7	7	3	1	5	1	1	0
3603	🟥 13 September 1980, Villa 0-2 Everton, Villa Park.	Division One			🟥	6th= (-2)	🔁 \| CF Peter Eastoe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Eamon O'Keefe \| 🇮🇪 \|)	Gordon Lee (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟥 6 September 1980, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	🟩 20 September 1980, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park.	🟩 12 January 1980, Villa 2-1 Everton, Villa Park.	🟩 7 February 1981, Villa 3-1 Everton, Goodison Park.			Ron Saunders	League	321	🕒 321 \| 🟩 \| 142 🟨 \| 90 🟥 89 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Brian Daniels	161	161	46	177						66	50			49	83	83	5	9	33	28	22					52	3	1	23	16	13	1	0	5	4		103	101	17	2	37	37	29	14	3	138	138	7	6	55	42	41	6	1	59	57	2	0	28	14	17	3	211	211	18	41	92	64	55	9	1	167	152*	21	20	72	46	49*	-	-	2	28	25	5	6	10	7	11	0	0	44	43	17	6	21	11	12	0	8	8	3	1	5	1	2	0
3604	🟩 20 September 1980, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			4th= (+2)	🔁 \| CF Norman Bell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Wayne Clarke \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	John Barnwell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 13 September 1980, Villa 0-2 Everton, Villa Park.	🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.	🟥 10 March 1980, Villa 1-3 Wolves, Villa Park.	🟩 28 February 1981, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux.			Ron Saunders	League	322	🕒 322 \| 🟩 \| 143 🟨 \| 90 🟥 89 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CF Terry Donovan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Peter Reeves	162	162	46	178						67	50			49	84	84	5	9	34	28	22					53	3	1	24	16	13	1	0	5	4		104	102	17	2	37	38	29	14	3	139	139	7	6	56	42	41	6	1	60	58	2	0	29	14	17	3	212	212	18	41	93	64	55	9	1	168	153*	21	21*	73*	46	49	-	-	2	25	24	4	1	10	10	5	4	1	9	9	3	1	6	1	2	1	29	26	5	6	11	7	11	0
3605	🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.	League Cup			🟥	3rd Round	🔁 \| M Doug Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| (LB Ian Buckley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	John Docherty \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟩 20 September 1980, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park.	🟩 27 September 1980, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.	🟩 30 January 1980, Villa 4-1 Cambridge, Villa Park.	None			Ron Saunders	League Cup	323	🕒 323 \| 🟩 \| 143 🟨 \| 90 🟥 90 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		Colin Downey	163	163	47	180	45	2	11	0	13	67	50	21	0	49	85	85	5	9	34	28	23	17	6	0	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	54	3	2	24	16	14	1	0	5	4	0	105	103	17	2	37	38	30	14	3	140	140	7	6	56	42	42	6	1	61	59	2	0	29	14	18	4	213	213	18	41	93	64	56	10	1	169	154*	21	21	73	46	50*	-	-	2	26	25	4	1	10	10	6	4	1	10	10	3	1	6	1	3	1	30	27	6	6	11	7	12	0
3606	🟩 27 September 1980, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.	Division One	🟩			2nd= (+2)	No Substitutions Made	Terry Venables \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Steve Lovell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.	🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.	🟩 2 February 1980, Villa 2-0 Palace, Villa Park.	🟩 21 February 1981, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	324	🕒 324 \| 🟩 \| 144 🟨 \| 90 🟥 90 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Dennis Hedges	164	164	47	180						68	51			49	86	86	5	9	35	28	23					55	3	2	25	16	14	1	0	5	4		106	104	17	2	37	39	30	14	3	141	141	7	6	57	42	42	6	1	62	60	2	0	30	14	18	4	214	214	18	41	94	64	56	10	1	170	155*	21	21	74*	46	50	-	-	2	31	28	6	6	12	7	12	0	0	46	44	18	6	22	11	13	0	11	11	3	1	7	1	3	2
3607	🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			2nd= (-)	🔁 \| CB Gordon Chisholm \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| (M Barry Dunn \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Ken Knighton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 27 September 1980, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.	🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.	🟩 23 March 1977, Villa 4-1 Sunderland, Villa Park.	🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.			Ron Saunders	League	325	🕒 325 \| 🟩 \| 145 🟨 \| 90 🟥 90 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|		Tony Glasson	165	165	47	180	6	3	1	0	1	69	52	4	0	49	87	87	5	9	36	28	23	0	0	0	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	56	3	2	26	16	14	1	0	5	4	0	107	105	19	2	37	40	30	14	3	142	142	7	6	58	42	42	6	1	63	61	2	0	31	14	18	4	215	215	18	41	95	64	56	10	1	171	156*	21	22*	75*	46	50	-	-	2	32	29	7	6	13	7	12	0	0	47	45	19	6	23	11	13	0	12	12	3	1	8	1	3	2
3608	🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.	Division One		🟨		2nd= (-)	🔁 \| M Lou Macari \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| (CF Jimmy Greenhoff \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Dave Sexton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.	🟩 11 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.	🟥 23 April 1980, Villa 1-2 United, Old Trafford.	🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	326	🕒 326 \| 🟩 \| 145 🟨 \| 91 🟥 90 \| 1.61	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Unknown	166	166	47	183						69	52			50	88	88	5	10	36	29	23					4	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	5	4		108	106	19	2	38	40	30	14	3	143	143	7	6	58	43	42	6	1	57	57	3	2	26	17	14	1	216	216	18	41	95	65	56	10	1	172	157*	22*	23*	75	47*	50	-	-	2	33	30	7	6	13	8	12	0	0	48	46	20	6	23	12	13	0	13	13	4	1	8	2	3	2
3609	🟩 11 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.	Division One	🟩			2nd= (-)	No Substitutions Made	Jim Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Don Givens \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.	🟩 18 October 1980, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park.	🟩 3 March 1979, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.	🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	327	🕒 327 \| 🟩 \| 146 🟨 \| 91 🟥 90 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Neville Ashley	167	167	47	184						70	52			50	89	89	5	10	37	29	23					5	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	5	4		109	107	20	2	38	41	30	14	3	144	144	7	6	59	43	42	6	1	58	58	3	2	27	17	14	1	217	217	18	41	96	65	56	10	1	173	158*	23*	23	76*	47	50	-	-	2	34	31	7	6	14	8	12	0	0	49	47	20	6	24	12	13	0	14	14	4	1	9	2	3	2
3610	🟩 18 October 1980, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st= (+1)	🔁 \| M Terry Yorath \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| (CF Gerry Armstrong \| 🇬🇧 \|)	Keith Burkinshaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 11 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.	🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.	🟩 26 April 1980, Villa 1-0 Spurs, Villa Park.	🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.			Ron Saunders	League	328	🕒 328 \| 🟩 \| 147 🟨 \| 91 🟥 90 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Trelford Mills	168	168	47	184						71	53			50	90	90	5	10	38	29	23					59	3	2	28	17	14	1	0	5	4		110	108	20	2	38	42	30	14	3	145	145	7	6	60	43	42	6	1	64	62	2	0	32	14	18	4	218	218	18	42	97	65	56	10	1	174	159*	23	23	77*	47	50	-	-	2	35	32	9	6	15	8	12	0	0	50	48	20	6	25	12	13	0	15	15	5	1	10	2	3	3
3611	🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	🔁 \| LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (W Peter O'Sullivan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|)	Alan Mullery \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 18 October 1980, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park.	🟩 25 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Southampton, The Dell.	🟨 3 March 1980, Villa 1-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.	🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.			Ron Saunders	League	329	🕒 329 \| 🟩 \| 148 🟨 \| 91 🟥 90 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Unknown	169	169	47	185						72	53			50	91	91	5	11	39	29	23					60	4	2	29	17	14	1	0	5	4		111	109	20	3	38	43	30	14	3	146	146	7	6	61	43	42	6	1	65	63	2	1	33	14	18	4	219	219	19	42	98	65	56	10	1	175	160*	23	23	78*	47	50	-	-	2	36	33	9	6	16	8	12	0	0	51	49	21	6	26	12	13	0	16	16	6	1	11	2	3	3
3612	🟩 25 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Southampton, The Dell.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Lawrie McMenemy \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Andrew Rogers \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.	🟩 1 November 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.	🟥 15 March 1980, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell.	🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	330	🕒 330 \| 🟩 \| 149 🟨 \| 91 🟥 90 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|		Clive Thomas	170	170	47	186	9	5	2	0	1	73	53	6	0	50	92	92	5	11	40	29	23	0	0	0	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	61	4	2	30	17	14	1	0	6	4	0	112	110	20	4	38	44	30	14	3	147	147	7	6	62	43	42	6	1	66	64	2	1	34	14	18	4	220	220	19	42	99	65	56	10	1	176	161*	23	24*	79*	47	50	-	-	2	37	34	10	6	17	8	12	0	0	52	50	21	6	27	12	13	0	17	17	7	1	12	2	3	3
3613	🟩 1 November 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Jock Wallace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CF David Buchanan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 25 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Southampton, The Dell.	🟨 1 November 1980, Villa 0-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.	🟨 4 March 1978, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Villa Park.	🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.			Ron Saunders	League	331	🕒 331 \| 🟩 \| 150 🟨 \| 91 🟥 90 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		Ron Bridges	171	171	47	186	32	4	15	0	8	74	54	9	0	50	93	93	5	12	41	29	23	0	0	2	RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	6	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	6	4	0	113	111	20	4	38	45	30	14	3	148	148	7	6	63	43	42	6	1	62	62	4	2	31	17	14	1	221	221	19	42	100	65	56	10	1	177	162*	24*	24	80*	47	50	-	-	2	38	35	10	6	18	8	12	0	0	53	51	22	6	28	12	13	0	18	18	7	1	13	2	3	3
3614	🟨 8 November 1980, Villa 0-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.	Division One		🟨		1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (ft)	F David Mills \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟩 1 November 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.	🟩 12 November 1980, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.	🟩 23 February 1980, Villa 2-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.	🟩 8 April 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	332	🕒 332 \| 🟩 \| 150 🟨 \| 92 🟥 90 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	John Hunting	172	172	47	186						74	55			51	94	94	5	12	41	30	23					149	7	6	63	44	42	6	1	6	4		33	29	0	0	16	9	8	2	0	114	112	20	4	45	39	30	14	3	63	63	4	2	31	18	14	1	222	222	19	42	100	66	56	10	1	178	163*	24	24	80	48*	50	-	-	2	39	36	10	6	18	9	12	0	0	54	52	22	6	28	13	13	0	19	19	7	1	13	3	3	3
3615	🟩 12 November 1980, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Ken Brown \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Ross Jack \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟨 1 November 1980, Villa 0-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.	🟨 15 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟩 20 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.	🟥 23 October 1982, Villa 0-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.			Ron Saunders	League	333	🕒 333 \| 🟩 \| 151 🟨 \| 92 🟥 90 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Unknown	173	173	47	187						75	55			51	95	95	5	12	42	30	23					150	7	6	64	44	42	6	1	6	4		34	30	0	0	16	10	8	2	0	115	113	21	4	46	39	30	14	3	64	64	4	2	32	18	14	1	223	223	19	42	101	66	56	10	1	179	164*	24	24	81*	48	50	-	-	2	40	37	10	6	19	9	12	0	0	55	53	24	7	29	13	13	0	20	20	7	2	14	3	3	3
3616	🟨 15 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Villa Park.	Division One		🟨		1st (-)	🔁 \| F Terry Connor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Gary Hamson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Allan Clarke \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟩 12 November 1980, Villa 3-1 Norwich, Carrow Road.	🟥 22 November 1980, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Anfield.	🟩 3 September 1980, Villa 3-1 Leeds, Elland Road.	🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.			Ron Saunders	League	334	🕒 334 \| 🟩 \| 151 🟨 \| 93 🟥 90 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CF Terry Donovan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Eric Read	174	174	47	188						75	55			52	96	96	5	12	42	31	23					151	7	6	64	45	42	6	1	6	4		35	31	0	0	17	10	8	2	0	116	114	21	4	46	40	30	14	3	65	65	4	2	32	19	14	1	224	224	19	42	101	67	56	10	1	180	165*	24	24	81	49*	50	-	-	2	41	38	10	7	19	10	12	0	0	56	54	25	7	29	14	13	0	21	21	7	2	14	4	3	3
3617	🟥 22 November 1980, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Anfield.	Division One			🟥	1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Bob Paisley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Jimmy Case \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟨 15 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Villa Park.	🟨 29 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.	🟥 3 May 1980, Villa 1-4 Liverpool, Anfield.	🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	335	🕒 335 \| 🟩 \| 151 🟨 \| 93 🟥 91 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Gary Shelton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Peter Richardson	175	175	48	190						75	55			52	97	97	5	12	42	31	24					152	7	7	64	45	43	6	1	6	4		36	32	0	0	17	10	9	2	0	117	115	22	4	46	40	31	15	3	66	66	4	2	32	19	15	1	225	225	19	42	101	67	57	10	1	181	166*	24	24	81	49	51*	-	-	2	42	39	10	7	19	10	13	0	0	57	55	25	7	29	14	14	0	22	22	7	2	14	4	4	4
3618	🟨 29 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.	Division One		🟨		1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Terry Neill \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M David Price \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟥 22 November 1980, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Anfield.	🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.	🟥 9 February 1980, Villa 1-3 Arsenal, Highbury.	🟥 2 May 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.			Ron Saunders	League	336	🕒 336 \| 🟩 \| 151 🟨 \| 94 🟥 91 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Neil Midgley	176	176	48	191						75	55			53	98	98	5	12	42	32	24					153	7	7	64	46	43	6	1	6	4		37	33	0	0	18	10	9	2	0	118	116	22	4	46	41	31	15	3	67	67	4	2	32	20	15	1	226	226	19	42	101	68	57	10	1	182	167*	24	24	81	50*	51	-	-	2	43	40	11	7	19	11	13	0	0	58	56	25	8	29	15	14	0	23	23	7	2	14	5	4	4
3619	🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.	Division One			🟥	1st= (-)	No Substitutions Made	John Neal \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Graeme Hedley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟨 29 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.	🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.	🟥 19 March 1980, Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.	🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.	12-5-4, 29 PTS	8-4-8, 20 PTS	Ron Saunders	League	337	🕒 337 \| 🟩 \| 151 🟨 \| 94 🟥 92 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Mike Peck	177	177	49	193						75	55			53	99	99	5	12	42	32	25					154	7	7	64	46	44	6	1	6	4		38	34	0	0	18	10	10	2	0	119	117	22	4	46	41	32	15	3	68	68	4	2	32	20	16	1	227	227	19	43	101	68	58	10	1	183	168*	24	24	81	50	52*	-	-	2	27	26	4	1	10	10	7	4	1	59	57	26	8	29	15	15	0	44	41	11	7	19	11	14	0
3620	🟩 13 Dec 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	🔁 \| M Kevin Dillon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Steve Lynex \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Jim Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.	🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.	🟩 11 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrew's.	🟨 26 September 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	338	🕒 338 \| 🟩 \| 152 🟨 \| 94 🟥 92 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Keith Hackett	178	178	49	193						76	56			53	100	100	5	12	43	32	25					155	7	7	65	46	44	7	1	6	4		39	35	0	0	18	11	10	2	0	120	118	22	5	47	41	32	15	3	69	69	4	2	33	20	16	1	228	228	19	44	102	68	58	10	1	184	169*	24	24	82*	50	52	-	-	2	28	27	6	2	11	10	7	4	1	60	58	27	8	30	15	15	0	45	42	11	7	20	11	14	0
3621	🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.	Division One			🟥	2nd (-1)	No Substitutions Made	Alan Mullery \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟩 13 December 1980, Villa 3-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.	🟩 26 December 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.	🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.	🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.	14-7-4, 35 PTS	6-4-13, 16 PTS	Ron Saunders	League	339	🕒 339 \| 🟩 \| 152 🟨 \| 94 🟥 93 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|		Ray Lewis	179	179	50	194	11	6	2	0	2	76	56	7	0	53	101	101	5	12	43	32	26	0	0	0	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	156	7	7	65	46	45	8	1	6	4	0	40	36	0	0	18	11	11	2	0	121	119	22	5	47	41	33	15	3	70	70	4	2	33	20	17	1	229	229	19	44	102	68	59	10	1	185	170*	24	24	82	50	53*	-	-	2	29	28	6	2	11	10	8	4	1	61	59	27	8	30	15	16	0	46	43	11	7	20	11	15	0
3622	🟩 26 Dec 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st= (+1)	🔁 \| F Paul Randall \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M Peter Griffiths \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Alan Durban \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.	🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.	🟥 29 March 1980, Villa 0-2 Stoke, Victoria Ground.	🟨 20 April 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.	14-5-5, 33 PTS	7-10-7, 24 PTS	Ron Saunders	League	340	🕒 340 \| 🟩 \| 153 🟨 \| 94 🟥 93 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Mark Scott	180	180	50	194						77	57			53	102	102	5	12	44	32	26					157	7	7	66	46	45	8	1	6	4		41	37	0	0	18	12	11	2	0	122	120	22	5	48	41	33	15	3	71	71	4	2	34	20	17	1	230	230	19	44	103	68	59	10	1	186	171*	24	24	83*	50	53	-	-	2	47	44	11	7	21	11	15	0	0	62	60	27	9	31	15	16	0	24	24	8	2	15	5	4	4
3623	🟨 27 Dec 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.	Division One		🟨		1st= (-)	No Substitutions Made	Brian Clough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Gary Mills \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟩 26 December 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.	🟥 3 January 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	🟩 5 April 1980, Villa 3-2 Forest, Villa Park.	🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	341	🕒 341 \| 🟩 \| 153 🟨 \| 95 🟥 93 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Pat Partridge	181	181	50	196						77	57			54	103	103	5	13	44	33	26					158	7	7	66	47	45	8	1	6	4		42	38	0	0	19	12	11	2	0	123	121	22	5	48	42	33	16	3	72	72	4	2	34	21	17	1	231	231	19	44	103	69	59	10	1	187	172*	24	24	83	51*	53	-	-	2	30	29	6	2	11	11	8	4	1	63	61	28	9	31	16	16	0	48	45	11	7	21	12	15	0
3624	🟥 3 Jan 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	FA Cup			🟥	3rd Round	No Substitutions Made	Bobby Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Kevin O'Callaghan \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.	🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.	🟥 6 September 1980, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	FA Cup	342	🕒 342 \| 🟩 \| 153 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		George Courtney	182	182	51	197	31	2	11	0	9	77	57	11	0	54	104	104	5	13	44	33	27	6	2	4	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	159	7	7	66	47	46	8	1	6	4	1	43	39	0	0	19	12	12	2	0	124	122	22	5	48	42	34	16	3	73	73	4	2	34	21	18	1	232	232	19	44	103	69	60	10	1	188	173*	24	24	83	51	54*	-	-	2	49	46	11	7	21	12	16	0	0	64	62	28	9	31	16	17	0	25	25	8	2	15	5	5	5
3625	🟩 10 Jan 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Bob Paisley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🤡	M Jimmy Case \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 3 January 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	🟥 22 November 1980, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Anfield.	🟨 19 September 1981, Villa 0-0 Liverpool, Anfield.			Ron Saunders	League	343	🕒 343 \| 🟩 \| 154 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.62	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Don Shaw	183	183	51	197						78	58			54	105	105	5	13	45	33	27					74	4	2	35	21	18	1	0	6	4		125	123	22	5	42	49	34	16	3	160	160	7	7	67	47	46	9	1	67	65	2	1	35	14	18	4	233	233	20	44	104	69	60	10	1	189	174*	24	24	84*	51	54	-	-	2	50	47	11	7	22	12	16	0	0	65	63	28	11	32	16	17	0	26	26	9	2	16	5	5	5
3626	🟩 17 Jan 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road	Division One	🟩			1st= (-)	🔁 \| CF Mick Ferguson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Mark Hateley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| ⚽ \|)	Gordon Milne \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.	🟩 31 January 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.	🟩 30 August 1980, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.	🟨 10 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	16-6-5, 38 PTS	9-6-12, 24 PTS	Ron Saunders	League	344	🕒 344 \| 🟩 \| 155 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		RB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Ken Salmon	184	184	51	198						79	58			54	106	106	5	13	46	33	27					75	4	2	36	21	18	1	0	6	4		126	124	22	5	42	50	34	16	3	161	161	7	7	68	47	46	9	1	68	66	2	1	36	14	18	4	234	234	20	44	105	69	60	10	1	190	175*	24	24	85*	51	54	-	-	2	51	48	12	8	23	12	16	0	0	66	64	28	11	33	16	17	0	27	27	10	2	17	5	5	5
3627	🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park	Division One	🟩			1st= (-)	No Substitutions Made	John Bond \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 🤡 \|	W Dennis Tueart \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 17 January 1981, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.	🟩 7 February 1981, Villa 3-1 Everton, Goodison Park.	🟨 23 August 1980, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.	🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.			Ron Saunders	League	345	🕒 345 \| 🟩 \| 156 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.63	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		Brian Stevens	185	185	51	198	32	3	11	0	9	80	59	12	0	54	107	107	5	13	47	33	27	6	2	4	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	7	0	0	8	2	2	0	0	6	4	1	127	125	22	6	42	51	34	16	3	162	162	7	7	69	47	46	9	1	76	76	4	2	37	21	18	2	235	235	20	44	106	69	60	10	1	191	176*	24	24	86*	51	54	-	-	2	52	49	12	8	24	12	16	0	0	67	65	29	11	34	16	17	0	28	28	10	2	18	5	5	5
3628	🟩 7 Feb 1981, Villa 3-1 Everton, Goodison Park	Division One	🟩			1st= (-)	🔁 \| CF Eamon O'Keefe \| 🇮🇪 \| (M Paul Lodge \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Gordon Lee (ex) \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 31 January 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.	🟩 21 February 1981, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park.	🟥 13 September 1980, Villa 0-2 Everton, Villa Park.	🟥 19 December 1981, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison Park.			Ron Saunders	League	346	🕒 346 \| 🟩 \| 157 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Gwyn Owen	186	186	51	199						81	59			54	108	108	5	13	48	33	27					163	7	7	70	47	46	9	1	6	4		44	40	0	0	19	13	12	2	0	128	126	22	6	52	42	34	16	3	77	77	4	2	38	21	18	2	236	236	21	44	107	69	60	10	1	192	177*	25*	24	87*	51	54	-	-	2	53	50	13	8	25	12	16	0	0	68	66	29	12	35	16	17	0	29	29	10	3	19	5	5	5
3629	🟩 21 Feb 1981, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park	Division One	🟩			2nd (-1)	No Substitutions Made	Dario Gradi \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Stephen Leahy \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 7 February 1981, Villa 3-1 Everton, Goodison Park.	🟩 28 February 1981, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux.	🟩 27 September 1980, Villa 1-0 Palace, Selhurst Park.	🟩 21 October 1987, Villa 4-1 Palace, Villa Park.	19-9-5, 37 PTS	5-5-21, 15 PTS	Ron Saunders	League	347	🕒 347 \| 🟩 \| 158 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		David Richardson	187	187	51	200	69	3	14	0	18	82	59	37	0	54	109	109	5	13	49	33	27	2	1	4	M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	164	7	7	71	47	46	9	1	6	4	0	45	41	0	0	19	14	12	2	0	129	127	22	6	53	42	34	16	3	78	78	4	2	39	21	18	2	237	237	21	44	108	69	60	10	1	193	178*	25	25*	88*	51	54	-	-	2	54	51	13	9	26	12	16	0	0	69	67	29	12	36	16	17	0	30	30	12	3	20	5	5	5
3630	🟩 28 Feb 1981, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux	Division One	🟩			2nd (-)	🔁 \| M Peter Daniel \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (CF Norman Bell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	John Barnwell \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 21 February 1981, Villa 2-1 Palace, Villa Park.	🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.	🟩 20 September 1980, Villa 2-1 Wolves, Villa Park.	🟩 7 October 1981, Villa 3-2 Wolves, Villa Park.	20-6-5, 46 PTS	9-8-14, 26 PTS	Ron Saunders	League	348	🕒 348 \| 🟩 \| 159 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Joe Worrall	188	188	51	200						83	60			54	110	110	5	13	50	33	27					165	7	7	72	47	46	9	1	6	4		46	42	0	0	19	15	12	2	0	130	128	22	7	54	42	34	16	3	79	79	4	2	40	21	18	2	238	238	21	44	109	69	60	10	1	194	179*	25	25	89*	51	54	-	-	2	55	52	13	9	27	12	16	0	0	70	68	29	12	37	16	17	0	31	31	13	3	21	5	5	5
3631	🟩 7 Mar 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park	Division One	🟩			1st= (+1)	🔁 \| M Ian Bowyer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (M John Cooke \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Ken Knighton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 28 February 1981, Villa 1-0 Wolves, Molineux.	🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.	🟩 4 October 1980, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.	🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park.	21-6-5, 48 PTS	10-7-16, 27 PTS	Ron Saunders	League	349	🕒 349 \| 🟩 \| 160 🟨 \| 95 🟥 94 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		Colin Seel	189	189	51	201	70	4	14	0	18	84	60	38	0	54	111	111	5	13	51	33	27	2	1	4	M Colin J Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	166	7	7	73	47	46	9	1	7	4	0	47	43	0	0	19	16	12	2	0	131	129	23	7	55	42	34	16	3	80	80	4	2	41	21	18	2	239	239	22	44	110	69	60	10	1	195	180*	25	26*	90*	51	54	-	-	2	56	53	13	10	28	12	16	0	0	71	69	29	12	38	16	17	0	32	32	13	3	22	5	5	5
3632	🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.	Division One		🟨		2nd (-1)	No Substitutions Made	Dave Sexton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Mike Duxbury \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟩 7 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Sunderland, Roker Park.	🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.	🟨 8 October 1980, Villa 3-3 United, Old Trafford.	🟨 12 September 1981, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	350	🕒 350 \| 🟩 \| 160 🟨 \| 96 🟥 94 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Darryl Reeves	190	190	51	204						84	60			55	112	112	5	14	51	34	27					167	7	7	73	48	46	9	1	7	4		48	44	0	0	20	16	12	2	0	132	130	23	7	55	43	34	16	3	81	81	4	2	41	22	18	2	240	240	22	45	110	70	60	10	1	196	181*	25	26	90	52*	54	-	-	2	57	54	13	10	28	13	16	0	0	72	70	30	12	38	17	17	0	33	33	15	3	22	6	5	5
3633	🟥 21 Mar 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.	Division One			🟥	2nd (-)	No Substitutions Made	Keith Burkinshaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Giorgio Mazzon \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟨 14 March 1981, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.	🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.	🟩 18 October 1980, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park.	🟨 22 August 1981, Charity Shield, Villa 2-2 Spurs, Wembley			Ron Saunders	League	351	🕒 351 \| 🟩 \| 160 🟨 \| 96 🟥 95 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Les Burden	191	191	52	206						84	60			55	113	113	5	14	51	34	28					168	7	7	73	48	47	9	1	7	4		49	45	0	0	20	16	13	2	0	133	131	23	7	55	43	35	16	3	82	82	4	2	41	22	19	2	241	241	22	45	110	70	61	10	1	197	182*	25	26	90	52	55*	-	-	2	33	30	6	2	12	11	10	4	1	73	71	30	12	38	17	18	0	58	55	13	10	28	13	17	0
3634	🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			2nd (-)	🔁 \| M Alan Ball \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (F David Puckett \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Lawrie McMenemy \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 21 March 1981, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.	🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.	🟩 25 October 1980, Villa 2-1 Southampton, The Dell.	🟨 10 February 1982, Villa 1-1 Southampton, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	352	🕒 352 \| 🟩 \| 161 🟨 \| 96 🟥 95 \| 1.64	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Norman Glover	192	192	52	207						85	60			55	114	114	5	14	52	34	28					169	7	7	74	48	47	9	1	7	4		50	46	0	1	20	17	13	2	0	134	132	23	7	56	43	35	17	3	83	83	4	2	42	22	19	2	242	242	22	45	111	70	61	10	1	198	183*	25	26	91*	52	55	-	-	2	34	31	7	3	13	11	10	4	1	74	72	30	12	39	17	18	0	59	56	14	10	29	13	17	0
3635	🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.	Division One	🟩			1st (+1)	No Substitutions Made	Jock Wallace \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Kevin MacDonald \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 28 March 1981, Villa 2-1 Southampton, Villa Park.	🟩 8 April 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park.	🟩 1 November 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.	🟨 11 November 1981, Villa 0-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.			Ron Saunders	League	353	🕒 353 \| 🟩 \| 162 🟨 \| 96 🟥 95 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	Terry Morris	193	193	52	209						86	60			55	115	115	5	15	53	34	28					170	7	7	75	48	47	9	1	7	4		51	47	0	1	20	18	13	2	0	135	133	23	7	57	43	35	17	3	84	84	5	2	43	22	19	2	243	243	22	46	112	70	61	10	1	199	184*	25	27*	92*	52	55	-	-	2	60	57	15	10	30	13	17	0	0	75	73	30	13	40	17	18	0	34	34	17	3	23	6	5	5
3636	🟩 8 April 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (ft)	F David Mills \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.	🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.	🟨 1 November 1980, Villa 0-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.	🟥 20 January 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	354	🕒 354 \| 🟩 \| 163 🟨 \| 96 🟥 95 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF David Geddis \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Lester Shapter	194	194	52	209						87	61			55	116	116	5	15	54	34	28					85	5	2	44	22	19	2	0	7	4		136	134	23	7	43	58	35	17	3	171	171	7	7	76	48	47	9	1	71	67	2	1	39	14	18	4	244	244	22	46	113	70	61	10	1	200	185*	25	27	93*	52	55	-	-	2	35	32	7	3	14	11	10	4	1	35	35	18	3	24	6	5	5	61	58	15	10	31	13	17	0
3637	🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.	Division One			🟥	1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Bobby Robson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Kevin O'Callaghan \| 🇮🇪 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟩 8 April 1981, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park.	🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.	🟥 3 January 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	🟥 31 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	355	🕒 355 \| 🟩 \| 163 🟨 \| 96 🟥 96 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|			Brian Hill	195	195	53	211						87	61			55	117	117	5	15	54	34	29					86	5	2	44	22	20	2	0	7	4		52	48	0	1	20	18	14	2	0	172	172	7	7	76	48	48	9	1	72	68	2	1	39	14	19	4	245	245	22	46	113	70	62	10	1	201	186*	25	27	93	52	56*	-	-	2	62	59	15	10	31	13	18	0	0	76	74	31	13	40	17	19	0	36	36	18	4	24	6	6	5
3638	🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Brian Clough \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Colin Walsh \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟥 14 April 1981, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Villa Park.	🟨 20 April 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.	🟨 27 December 1980, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.	🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	356	🕒 356 \| 🟩 \| 164 🟨 \| 96 🟥 96 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	LB Gary Williams \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Referee: Ron Chadwick \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| Darwen, 1975–1983	196	196	53	211						88	62			55	118	118	5	15	55	34	29					87	5	2	45	22	20	2	0	7	4		53	49	0	1	20	19	14	2	0	173	173	7	7	77	48	48	9	1	73	69	2	1	40	14	19	4	246	246	22	46	114	70	62	10	1	202	187*	26*	27	94*	52	56	-	-	2	63	60	15	11	32	13	18	0	0	77	75	31	13	41	17	19	0	37	37	19	4	25	6	6	5
3639	🟨 20 April 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.	Division One		🟨		1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	Alan Durban \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \|	LB Paul Johnson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟨	🟩 18 April 1981, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park.	🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.	🟩 26 December 1980, Villa 1-0 Stoke, Villa Park.	🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	357	🕒 357 \| 🟩 \| 164 🟨 \| 97 🟥 96 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|		Peter Willis	197	197	53	212	13	7	3	0	2	88	62	8	0	56	119	119	5	15	55	35	29	0	0	0	FB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	88	5	2	45	23	20	2	0	7	4	0	137	135	23	7	44	58	35	17	3	174	174	7	7	77	49	48	9	1	74	70	2	1	40	15	19	4	247	247	22	47	114	71	62	10	1	203	188*	26	27	94	53*	56	-	-	2	64	61	15	11	32	14	18	0	0	78	76	31	13	41	18	19	0	38	38	20	4	25	7	6	5
3640	🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.	Division One	🟩			1st (-)	No Substitutions Made	John Neal \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Billy Askew \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟩	🟨 20 April 1981, Villa 1-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.	🟥 2 May 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.	🟥 6 December 1980, Villa 1-2 Boro, Ayresome Park.	🟨 21 November 1981, Villa 3-3 Boro, Ayresome Park.			Ron Saunders	League	358	🕒 358 \| 🟩 \| 165 🟨 \| 97 🟥 96 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	Mike Dimblebee	198	198	53	212						89	63			56	120	120	5	15	56	35	29					89	5	2	46	23	20	2	0	7	4		138	136	24	7	44	59	35	17	3	175	175	7	7	78	49	48	9	1	75	71	2	1	41	15	19	4	248	248	22	48	115	71	62	10	1	204	189*	26	27	95*	53	56	-	-	2	65	62	15	12	33	14	18	0	0	79	77	32	13	42	18	19	0	39	39	21	5	26	7	6	5
3641	🟥 2 May 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Highbury.	Division One			🟥	1st (-)	🔁 \| M Brian Talbot \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| (LB Sammy Nelson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|)	Terry Neill \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	None	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12	1st XI: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11 Squad: Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12	Not Recorded	🟥	🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Boro, Villa Park.	🟨 22 August 1981, Villa 2-2 Spurs, Wembley	🟨 29 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park.	🟥 7 November 1981, Villa 0-2 Arsenal, Villa Park.			Ron Saunders	League	359	🕒 359 \| 🟩 \| 165 🟨 \| 97 🟥 97 \| 1.65	Top 6	Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)	GK Jimmy Rimmer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	RB Kenny Swain \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CB Allan Evans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	CB Ken McNaught \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Des Bremner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	M Colin Gibson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Dennis Mortimer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	M Gordon Cowans \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	CF Peter Withe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	F Gary Shaw \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|	W Tony Morley \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|		LB Eamonn Deacy \| 🇮🇪 \|	David Hutchinson	199	199	54	214						89	63			56	121	121	5	15	56	35	30					90	5	2	46	23	21	2	0	7	4		139	137	24	7	44	59	36	17	3	176	176	7	7	78	49	49	9	1	76	72	2	1	41	15	20	4	249	249	22	48	115	71	63	10	1	205	190*	26	27	95	53	57*	-	-	2	66	63	15	12	33	14	19	0	0	80	78	32	13	42	18	20	0	40	40	21	5	26	7	7	5

1980-81

Appearances

Player	All	Lg	FA	LC
RB Kenny Swain	46	42	1	3
CB Ken McNaught	46	42	1	3
M Dennis Mortimer	46	42	1	3
M Gordon Cowans	46	42	1	3
W Tony Morley	46	42	1	3
GK Jimmy Rimmer	46	42	1	3
M Des Bremner	46	42	1	3
F Gary Shaw	44	40	1	3

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Player	All	Lg	FA	LC
RB Kenny Swain	46	42	1	3
CB Ken McNaught	46	42	1	3
M Dennis Mortimer	46	42	1	3
M Gordon Cowans	46	42	1	3
W Tony Morley	46	42	1	3
GK Jimmy Rimmer	46	42	1	3
M Des Bremner	46	42	1	3
F Gary Shaw	43	40	1	2

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