Game #3647
Aston Villa
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
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Peter Withe, Foul (7)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Colin J Gibson | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
Wingers
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
Forwards
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴 |
CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Ron Saunders names the same line up for a fourth consecutive game.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.62 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.62 |
Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 20.97 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
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
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1981
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1981
Linesmen: Gerard Biguet | 🇫🇷 | Charles Stenger | 🇫🇷 |
Previous 5 vs. Valur: None
Head to Head
Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 | GD 5
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 365 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 | 99 🟥 99 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
European Cup
Valur Reykavik
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 | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
Jiri Pesek 🇨🇿
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 | 🇮🇸 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
Besta deild karla Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Sigurdur Haraldsson | 🇮🇸 |
GK Sigurdur Dagsson | 🇮🇸 |
Defenders
D Hilmar Sighvatsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Thorgrimur Þráinsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Dyri Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Grímur Sæmundsen | 🇮🇸 |
D Magni Blöndal Pétursson | 🇮🇸 |
Full Backs
RB Saevar Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
Midfielders
M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Ottar Sveinsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Valur Einar Valsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Jón Bergs | 🇮🇸 |
Forwards
F Gudmundur Þorbjörnsson | 🇮🇸 |
F Thorsteinn Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 |
F Matthías Hallgrímsson | 🇮🇸 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
On This Day
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.
Starting XI
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Match Media
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