Game #3627
Aston Villa
Saturday, 31 January 1981


Won
1st= (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Manchester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 33,682
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Manchester City

Assist(s) | Allan Evans | 2' |
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 31 January 1981
⚽ | 2' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Allan Evans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
🔁 | 60' Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, David Geddis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
🟨 | Booking, Des Bremner, Professional Foul
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 31 January 1981
Villa extend their run to four wins in five unbeaten games as they beat a newly resilient Manchester City at Villa Park to remain top of the table, level on points with Ipswich and four clear of Liverpool.
Ron Saunders' Villa make it four wins in five unbeaten matches to make it seventeen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty eight League matches this season. As a result Villa remain in joint first place in the Division One table level with Ipswich.
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Manchester City


UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City


Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Total 🕒 108 | 🟩 44 | 🟨 26 | 🟥 38 | ⚽ 182 | 🥅 168 |
League 🕒 100 | 🟩 41 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 34 | ⚽ 167 | 🥅 152 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 0 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 56 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 115 | 🥅 59 |
Away 🕒 51 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 66 | 🥅 87 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #345 |
Saturday, 31 January 1981
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🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1978-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 345 | 🟩 | 156 🟨 | 95 🟥 94 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1978-1991
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Des Bremner, Professional Foul
CARDS

🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Eamonn Deacy replaces Colin Gibson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.31 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.00 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.21 |
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🔁 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Bond | 🏴 | 🤡 |

Manchester City
GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Booth | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴 |
M Paul Power | 🏴 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴 |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴 |
M Tony Henry | 🏴 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴 |
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF David Geddis | 🏴 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 60' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

W Dennis Tueart | 🏴 |
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

🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, 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
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 31 Jan 1981, Villa 1-0 Manchester City, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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