Game #3654
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 October 1981
Drew
16th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 16,306
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Coventry City
1-1
Aston Villa (Champions)
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 21' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa draw for the sixth successive League game as the reigning champions sit 16th after eight games of their title defence.
KEY MAN
Jimmy Rimmer saves Villa
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 10 October 1981
⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
🟨 | 25' Booking, Des Bremner, Foul
🥅 | 44' Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Tony Hateley
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Coventry City 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in seven League games but now have just one win, six draws and two defeats in their title defence as they sit 16th in the table.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Coventry City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #13
League Match: #9
Manager Game: #372
Saturday, 10 October 1981
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 372 | 🟩 | 169 🟨 | 104 🟥 99 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Coventry City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
David Geddis replaces Peter Withe.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.75 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.69 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.90 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Jim Blyth | 🏴 |
D Steve Jacobs | 🏴 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 |
W Steve Whitton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Ruud Kaiser | 🇳🇱 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Mark Hateley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Ray Gooding | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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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