Game #3639
Aston Villa
Monday, 20 April 1981
Drew
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 23,500
Stoke
Victoria Ground
An exhausted Villa just keep going and despite being held at Stoke they open up a four point lead at the top of the table.
Although Ron Saunders continued to take nothing for granted, Villa are all but crowned champions, as Ipswich concede the - mathematically still possible - title as their strange mixture of overblown arrogance and naivety haunts them once again.
Stoke City
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 23' |
KEY MAN
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 20 April 1981
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-1, (Stoke City), Brendan O’Callaghan
🕒 | HT Stoke City 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Stoke City 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Kenny Swain, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it twenty five wins, eight draws and seven defeats in forty League matches this season as they sit four points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table with just two games, and four points to play for. Ipswich however have three games to play.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Stoke
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
FIXTURE HISTORY
Stoke
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #357 |
Monday, 20 April 1981
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴 | Bishop Auckland, 1972-1986
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 357 | 🟩 | 164 🟨 | 97 🟥 96 | 1.65
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴 | Bishop Auckland, 1972-1986
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Peter Willis
CARDS
Villa
None
Stoke
None
TEAM NEWS
Allan Evans replaces Gary Williams.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.39 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.21 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.42 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Alan Durban | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Stoke
GK Peter Fox | 🏴 |
LB Iain Munro | 🏴 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴 |
CB Mike Doyle | 🏴 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴 |
M Paul Maguire | 🏴 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴 |
F Loek Ursem | 🇳🇱 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB Paul Johnson | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"They [Stoke] played very well while we were a degree or two under.
"But playing our second match in three days under difficult conditions, I've got to be satisfied with a point.
“At the moment it's all about eleven men grafting like hell for a result. That's what we are doing."
Ron Saunders.
“When we beat Villa last week we thought we had won it.”
Ipswich captain Mick Mills lifts the lid on the prima donna dressing room under Bobby Robson.
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