Game #3633
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 March 1981
2nd (-)
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 David Geddis | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
None
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Suspension | 1 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
David Geddis replaces Peter Withe.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.65 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.13 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.34 |
Despite more champagne football from Villa, Spurs score an offside goal against the run of play, and Ron Saunders' men chasing the game suffer a shock defeat in North London.
Villa remain one point off the top of the first division table as leaders Ipswich also lose.
Meanwhile Gary Shaw pulls a hamstring and Dennis Mortimer his groin to leave Villa’s tiny 14 man squad threadbare for the title run in.
Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the first time in eleven games and make it twenty one wins, seven draws and six defeats in thirty four League matches this season. As a result, Villa remain a point behind leaders Ipswich in second in the Division One table.
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 41' Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Garth Crooks
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 64’ Missed penalty, Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 73' Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Archibald
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #351 |
Saturday, 21 March 1981
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴 | Poole, 1978-1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Referee: Les Burden | 🏴 | Poole, 1978-1983
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Total 🕒 88 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 41 | ⚽ 137 | 🥅 165 |
League 🕒 78 | 🟩 28 | 🟨 16 | 🟥 34 | ⚽ 129 | 🥅 148 |
FA Cup 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 11 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Home 🕒 42 | 🟩 16 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 17 | ⚽ 66 | 🥅 70 |
Away 🕒 45 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 23 | ⚽ 71 | 🥅 93 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 2 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 351 | 🟩 | 160 🟨 | 96 🟥 95 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,091
GK Milija Aleksic | 🏴 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴 |
CB Graham Roberts | 🏴 |
M Garry Brooke | 🏴 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Steve Archibald | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CB Giorgio Mazzon | 🏴 |
None
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73
Matchday Squad:
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"We had five men [in the team] that we got nothing from at all.
"Ipswich losing cushions it a little bit, but doesn't alter the fact that we didn't play."
Ron Saunders.
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