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Game #3650

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 26 September 1981

14th= (+3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

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

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

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Peter Withe

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Andy Blair replaces Ken McNaught.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.48 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.65 |

Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.00 |

  • Reigning champions Villa are 🟨 held to a draw for the fourth successive League game to sit 14th in the table after 🕒 seven games.

  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt.

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Drew

0-0

🟨 26 Sep 1981, Villa 0-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe

Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #9
League Match: #7
Manager Game: #368
Saturday, 26 September 1981

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨

Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Total 🕒 92 | 🟩 37 | 🟨 26 | 🟥 29 | ⚽ 150 | 🥅 126 |
League 🕒 87 | 🟩 35 | 🟨 24 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 144 | 🥅 123 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 0 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 3 |
Home 🕒 46 | 🟩 22 | 🟨 14 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 81 | 🥅 52 |
Away 🕒 46 | 🟩 15 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 19 | ⚽ 69 | 🥅 74 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 368 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 | 102 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
208
🟩
91
🟨
4
208
🟨
61
🟥
0
0
🟥
56
0
🥅
66
223
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
130
🟩
58
🟨
8
130
🟨
40
🟥
0
5
🟥
32
15
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
33
🟩
13
🟨
2
29
🟨
10
🟥
1
0
🟥
10
0
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
148
🟩
61
🟨
20
146
🟨
49
🟥
3
24
🟥
38
7
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
85
🟩
43
🟨
5
81
🟨
20
🟥
0
2
🟥
22
3
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
0
🟨
0
1
🟨
3
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
258
🟩
117
🟨
10
258
🟨
76
🟥
1
23
🟥
65
50
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
75
🟩
35
🟨
0
72
🟨
19
🟥
0
16
🟥
21
13
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🟥
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Player Profile
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
99
🟩
48
🟨
3
99
🟨
28
🟥
0
5
🟥
23
4
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
215
🟩
97
🟨
2
200
🟨
59
🟥
0
27
🟥
59
28
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
49
🟩
28
🟨
8
49
🟨
12
🟥
0
27
🟥
9
8
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Birmingham City

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Villa Park

Attendance: 40,763

GK Jeff Wealands | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Archie Gemmill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Toine van Mierlo | 🇳🇱 |
W Bud Brocken | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Neil Whatmore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | W Bud Brocken | 🇳🇱 | (W Ian Handysides | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨

League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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