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Game #3610

Aston Villa

8-2-2, 18 PTS

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Saturday, 18 October 1980

1st= (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Peter Withe, Dissent (3)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Ron Saunders reverts to the line up fielded in nine of fifteen matches this season as Colin Gibson replaces Eamonn Deacy.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.89 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.71 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.92 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-0

🟩 18 Oct 1980, Villa 3-0 Spurs, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tony Morley | 39' | 46' | Peter Withe | 82' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 46' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 3-0, Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Dissent

Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #15 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #328 |
Saturday, 18 October 1980

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1978-1990

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 87 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 40 | ⚽ 137 | 🥅 163 |
League 🕒 77 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 33 | ⚽ 129 | 🥅 146 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 11 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Home 🕒 42 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 66 | 🥅 70 |
Away 🕒 44 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 22 | ⚽ 71 | 🥅 91 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 2 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 328 | 🟩 | 147 🟨 | 91 🟥 90 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

5-4-3, 14 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 30,940

GK Barry Daines | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
CB John Lacy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gordon Smith (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ricky Villa | 🇦🇷 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Steve Archibald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Terry Yorath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

168

168

🔥

0

0

🟩

71

🟨

50

🟥

47

53

🥅

184

RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

90

90

🔥

5

10

🟩

38

🟨

29

🟥

23

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

110

108

🔥

20

2

🟩

42

🟨

38

🟥

30

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

145

145

🔥

7

6

🟩

60

🟨

43

🟥

42

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

59

59

🔥

3

2

🟩

28

🟨

17

🟥

14

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

64

62

🔥

2

0

🟩

32

🟨

14

🟥

18

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

218

218

🔥

18

42

🟩

97

🟨

65

🟥

56

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

175

160

🔥

23

23

🟩

77

🟨

48

🟥

50

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

15

15

🔥

5

1

🟩

10

🟨

2

🟥

3

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

50

48

🔥

20

6

🟩

25

🟨

12

🟥

13

W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

32

🔥

9

6

🟩

15

🟨

8

🟥

12

Substitutes
None
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa record another convincing win to make it 🟩 eight wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in twelve League matches this season as they climb to joint leaders in the Division One table alongside Ipswich.

  • Villa hammer Tottenham in a performance that could have seen double the score.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 50th appearance and records his 🟩 25th win in a Villa shirt (48 Starts).

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ second goal in 🕒 three games and his fourth League goal in 12.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 218th appearance at a rate of one every 3.63 games.

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