Game #3635
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 April 1981
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
| 26.28 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.17 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.38 |
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa win for the 🟩 ninth time in eleven games to make it 🟩 twenty three wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 six defeats in thirty six League matches this season.
Villa wrestle back top spot in the first division after a three game absence and have now sat top of the pile for nineteen of the last twenty five match days.
Ron Saunders’ 🏴 men open up a one point lead over Ipswich and are six points clear of the chasing pack with six to play.
Forward Gary Shaw 🏴 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (73 Starts).
Centre forward Peter Withe's 🏴 ⚽ third brace in 🕒 five games takes him to ⚽ 17 goals in 🕒 34 appearances in his debut season.
Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt.in 🕒 84 appearances.
Winger Tony Morley 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 60th appearance at a rate of one every 2.40 games.
Right back Kenny Swain 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 115th appearance at a rate of one every 5.75 games.
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 24' | 49' | Des Bremner | 33' | Tony Morley | 55' |
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 24' | Gary Shaw | 33' | Kenny Swain | 49' | Dennis Mortimer | 55' |
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 15' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City, pen), Steve Lynex
⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 33' Goal, 2-1, Des Bremner, Assist by Gary Shaw
🥅 | 44' Goal, 2-2, (Leicester City), Steve Lynex
🕒 | HT Leicester City 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49' Goal, 3-2, Peter Withe, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 55' Goal, 4-2, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-4 Aston Villa
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #353 |
Saturday, 4 April 1981
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Terry Morris | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1980-1981
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: Terry Morris | 🏴 | Rotherham, 1980-1981
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 353 | 🟩 | 162 🟨 | 96 🟥 95 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Attendance: 26,032
GK Mark Wallington | 🏴 |
LB Paul Friar | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴 |
CB Larry May | 🏴 |
D Geoff Scott | 🏴 |
M Pat Byrne | 🇮🇪 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴 |
M Steve Lynex | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Neil Grewcock | 🏴 |
CF Alan Young | 🏴 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴 |
Jock Wallace | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Kevin MacDonald | 🏴 |
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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“Villa are the best side we have played this season.
“They are going for the title in style like Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
“They are a great team.
Jock Wallace, Leicester manager.
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