Game #3651
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 30 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 Andy Blair | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
Not recorded
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
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 | 🏴 |
Defenders
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
Full Backs
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
Midfielders
M Colin J Gibson | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
Forwards
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Gary Shaw (first start of the season) replaces Tony Morley.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.83 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.66 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.87 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 25' | 70' |
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 25' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Knattspyrnufélagið Valur 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Knattspyrnufélagið Valur 0-2 Aston Villa
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #10
European Match: #2
Manager Game: #369
Wednesday, 30 September 1981
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ole Amundsen | 🇩🇰 | Næstved, 1981
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0 (7-0)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Ole Amundsen | 🇩🇰 | Næstved, 1981
Referee: Ole Amundsen | 🇩🇰 | Næstved, 1981
Games: 🕒 1 🟩 W1 (100%) 🟥 L0 (0%) Last 5: 🟩
Cards: 🟨 0 🟥 0 | 0.00 per game | Pens: ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Previous 5 vs. Valur: 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 W2 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 0 | GD 7
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 369 | 🟩 | 168 🟨 | 102 🟥 99 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
European Cup
Valur Reykavik
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,500
GK Sigurdur Haraldsson | 🇮🇸 |
RB Saevar Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Thorgrimur Þráinsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Hilmar Sighvatsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Magni Blöndal Pétursson | 🇮🇸 |
D Dyri Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Jón Bergs | 🇮🇸 |
M Ottar Sveinsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Valur Einar Valsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
F Matthías Hallgrímsson | 🇮🇸 |
Jiri Pesek 🇨🇿
Substitutes
🔁 | M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸 |)
Unused Substitutes
Not Recorded
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 | 🇮🇸 |
Defenders
D Thorgrimur Þráinsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Hilmar Sighvatsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Magni Blöndal Pétursson | 🇮🇸 |
D Dyri Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
Full Backs
RB Saevar Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
Midfielders
M Jón Bergs | 🇮🇸 |
M Ottar Sveinsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Valur Einar Valsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Njáll Eiðsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Thorvaldur Þorvaldsson | 🇮🇸
Forwards
F Matthías Hallgrímsson | 🇮🇸 |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Forward Gary Shaw 🏴 ⚽ scores a brace on his 🕒 first appearance of the season having suffered a pre-season injury in Greece.
Villa record a 🟩 7-0 aggregate victory in their first ever European Cup tie.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 makes his 🕒 200th start in a Villa shirt (215 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W98 🟨 D58 🟥 L59, ⚽ 27 Goals and 🔥 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.84 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴 makes his 🕒 100th appearance in a Villa shirt.
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