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Game #3652

Aston Villa

1-5-2, 8 PTS

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Saturday, 3 October 1981

17th= (-3)

Last 5: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ

GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kenny Swain | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Des Bremner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Andy Blair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ | ๐ŸŸจ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ŸŸจ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ Andy Blair, Foul (1)
๐ŸŸจ Gordon Cowans, Foul (3)
๐ŸŸจ Kenny Swain, Foul (9)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.84 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 33.67 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.88 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

๐ŸŸจ 3 Oct 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road
Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 8' |

Assist(s) | Andy Blair | 8' |

Match Timeline

โšฝ | 8โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Andy Blair
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa
๐Ÿฅ… | 62โ€™ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Steve Balcombe
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa

๐Ÿ” | Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Tony Morley

๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Andy Blair, Foul
๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Gordon Cowans, Foul
๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Kenny Swain, Foul

Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #11
League Match: #9
Manager Game: #370
Saturday, 3 October 1981

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hough | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Macclesfield, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸจ Drew
FT Score: ๐ŸŸจ 1-1
Last 5: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ

Officials

Referee: John Hough | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Macclesfield, 1974-1985

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 56 | ๐ŸŸฉ W23 (41% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D16 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(70% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L17 (30% ) | โšฝ 85 | ๐Ÿฅ… 80 | GD 5

Match Stats

Not recorded

Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982

๐Ÿ•’ 370 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 168 ๐ŸŸจ | 103 ๐ŸŸฅ 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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Division One

Leeds United

1-3-5, 6 PTS

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Elland Road

Attendance: 21,065

GK John Lukic | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Frank Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
LB Trevor Cherry | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Paul Hart | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kevin Hird | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gary Hamson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Carl Harris | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Peter Barnes | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Arthur Graham | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Stephen Balcombe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CF Byron Stevenson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |

Allan Clarke | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gwyn Thomas | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1973โ€“74

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

210

โœ…

210

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

92

๐ŸŸจ

62

๐ŸŸฅ

56

โ›”

67

๐Ÿฅ…

224

RB Kenny Swain | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

132

โœ…

132

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

15

๐ŸŸฉ

59

๐ŸŸจ

41

๐ŸŸฅ

32

CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

35

โœ…

31

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

14

๐ŸŸจ

11

๐ŸŸฅ

10

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

150

โœ…

148

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

24

7

๐ŸŸฉ

62

๐ŸŸจ

50

๐ŸŸฅ

38

M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

87

โœ…

83

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

3

๐ŸŸฉ

44

๐ŸŸจ

21

๐ŸŸฅ

22

M Des Bremner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

101

โœ…

101

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

4

๐ŸŸฉ

49

๐ŸŸจ

29

๐ŸŸฅ

23

M Andy Blair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

6

โœ…

3

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

1

๐ŸŸจ

4

๐ŸŸฅ

1

M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

217

โœ…

202

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

27

29

๐ŸŸฉ

98

๐ŸŸจ

60

๐ŸŸฅ

59

M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

260

โœ…

260

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

23

51

๐ŸŸฉ

118

๐ŸŸจ

77

๐ŸŸฅ

65

F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

82

โœ…

80

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

35

13

๐ŸŸฉ

43

๐ŸŸจ

19

๐ŸŸฅ

20

CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

51

โœ…

51

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

27

8

๐ŸŸฉ

29

๐ŸŸจ

13

๐ŸŸฅ

9

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

76

๐Ÿ”

4

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

16

13

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

35

๐ŸŸจ

20

๐ŸŸฅ

21

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa draw for the fifth successive League game as they are held by bottom of the table Leeds to leave them 17th in the table and their title defence already looking in need of inspiration.

  • Reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in six League games but now have just one win, five draws and two defeats in their title defence as they sit 17th in the table.

What they Said

"We threw it away.

โ€œWe played for about half and hour, then stopped doing the simple things and started to elaborate.

โ€œThatโ€™s the story of out lives at the moment.

โ€œYoung Balcombeโ€™s goal was a classic.

โ€œSo was the way we handed it to him.โ€

Ron Saunders

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