Game #3622
Aston Villa
14-5-5, 33 PTS
Friday, 26 December 1980
1st= (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Peter Withe replaces David Geddis.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.01 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.90 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.11 |
After three games out due to suspension Peter Withe 🏴 returns to hit the winner - his eighth goal of the season.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa 🟩 win for the second time in three to make it 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 five draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 twenty four League matches this season.
Villa climb back to joint first in the Division One table, level with Liverpool, a point clear of Ipswich.
Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 scores his ⚽ first goal in 🕒 seven appearances but his eighth in 24 games.
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 38' |
Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 38' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #340 |
Friday, 26 December 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mark Scott | 🏴 | Nottingham, 1979-1983
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Referee: Mark Scott | 🏴 | Nottingham, 1979-1983
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 340 | 🟩 | 153 🟨 | 94 🟥 93 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Stoke
7-10-7, 24 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,658
GK Peter Fox | 🏴 |
LB Peter Hampton | 🏴 |
LB Iain Munro | 🏴 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴 |
F Paul Randall | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
Alan Durban | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | F Paul Randall | 🏴 | (M Peter Griffiths | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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