Game #3640
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 April 1981
Aston Villa
3-0
Middlesbrough
Division One
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,018
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 23' | Tony Morley | 51' | Dennis Mortimer | 80' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 April 1981
⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 80' Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Middlesbrough
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it twenty six wins, eight draws and seven defeats in forty one League matches this season as they sit four points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table. Ipswich have two games and four points to play and must win their next match to keep their title challenge alive.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Middlesbrough
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #358 |
Sunday, 26 April 1981
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Mike Dimblebee | 🏴 | Stevenage, 1980–1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 358 | 🟩 | 165 🟨 | 97 🟥 96 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dimblebee | 🏴 | Stevenage, 1980–1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.40 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.23 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.44 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
John Neal | 🏴 |
Middlesbrough
GK Jim Platt | 🏴 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴 |
CB Billy Ashcroft | 🏴 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴 |
RB John Craggs | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Colin Ross | 🏴 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴 |
M Mark Proctor | 🏴 |
F BozidarJanković | 🇧🇦 |
F Terry Cochrane | 🇬🇧 |
CF David Shearer | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Billy Askew | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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