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Game #3647

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 16 September 1981

1st Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Peter Withe, Foul

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Ron Saunders names the same line up for a fourth consecutive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.62 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.62 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.97 |

  • Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 hits his ⚽ fifth goal in four games as Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 also grabs a ⚽ brace to hammer Valur 🇮🇸 in their first ever European Cup appearance.

  • Villa face Valur Reykavik 🇮🇸 for the first time in competitive football, Valur become the 117th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s sixth ‘continental’ European opponents and their first from Iceland 🇮🇸.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 46th appearance.

  • Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 19th appearance.

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Won

5-0

🟩 16 Sep 1981, Villa 5-0 Valur, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Tony Morley | 6' | Peter Withe | 37' | 68' | Terry Donovan | 40' | 69' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 6' | Des Bremner | 37' | 68' | Peter Withe | 40' | Tony Morley | 69' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 3-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 4-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 5-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Tony Morley
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Peter Withe, Foul
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Knattspyrnufélagið Valur

Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #6
European Match: #1
Manager Game: #365
Wednesday, 16 September 1981

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1981
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1981

Previous 5 vs. Valur: None

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 365 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 | 99 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
205
🟩
91
🟨
4
205
🟨
58
🟥
0
0
🟥
56
0
🥅
64
221
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
127
🟩
58
🟨
8
127
🟨
37
🟥
0
5
🟥
32
15
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
32
🟩
13
🟨
2
28
🟨
9
🟥
1
0
🟥
10
0
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
145
🟩
61
🟨
18
143
🟨
46
🟥
3
24
🟥
38
7
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
82
🟩
43
🟨
5
78
🟨
17
🟥
0
2
🟥
22
3
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
255
🟩
117
🟨
10
255
🟨
73
🟥
1
23
🟥
65
49
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
46
🟩
28
🟨
7
46
🟨
9
🟥
0
25
🟥
9
8
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
72
🟩
35
🟨
0
69
🟨
16
🟥
0
16
🟥
21
13
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
96
🟩
48
🟨
2
96
🟨
25
🟥
0
5
🟥
23
4
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
212
🟩
97
🟨
2
197
🟨
56
🟥
0
27
🟥
59
28
F Terry Donovan | 🇮🇪 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
19
🟩
10
🟨
0
19
🟨
4
🟥
0
10
🟥
5
2
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

European Cup

Valur Reykavik

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Villa Park

Attendance: 20,481

GK Sigurdur Haraldsson | 🇮🇸 |
RB Saevar Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Hilmar Sighvatsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Thorgrimur Þráinsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Dyri Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Ottar Sveinsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Valur Einar Valsson | 🇮🇸 |
F Gudmundur Þorbjörnsson | 🇮🇸 |
F Thorsteinn Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |

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Substitutes:

🔁 | M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 | (D Grímur Sæmundsen | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | F Thorsteinn Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | (F Matthías Hallgrímsson | 🇮🇸 |)

Unused Substitutes:

GK Sigurdur Dagsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Magni Blöndal Pétursson | 🇮🇸 |
M Jón Bergs | 🇮🇸 |

None

Besta deild karla Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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