Game #3647
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
Won
1st Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
European Cup
Attendance: 20,481
Valur Reykavik
Villa Park
Aston Villa
5-0
Valur Reykavik
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 6' | Des Bremner | 37' | 68' | Peter Withe | 40' | Tony Morley | 69' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Terry Donovan hits his fourth and fifth goals of the season and Peter Withe his first as Villa hammer Valur in their first ever European Cup appearance.
KEY MAN
Des Bremner, driving influence
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
⚽ | 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
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa hammer Valur in their first appearance in the European Cup as Terry Donovan makes it five in four games.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Valur Reykavik
Besta deild karla Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980
FIXTURE HISTORY
Valur Reykavik
Previous 5 vs. Valur: None
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #6
European Match: #1
Manager Game: #365
Wednesday, 16 September 1981
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1980-1982
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 365 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 | 99 🟥 99 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Daniel Lambert | 🇫🇷 | Thionville, 1980-1982
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Valur Reykavik
None
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 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Valur Reykavik
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 | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 | (D Grímur Sæmundsen | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | F Thorsteinn Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 | (F Matthías Hallgrímsson | 🇮🇸 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Sigurdur Dagsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Magni Blöndal Pétursson | 🇮🇸 |
M Jón Bergs | 🇮🇸 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 16/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 16/16
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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