Game #3658
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 27 October 1981
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 19,491
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Molineux
A Gordon Cowans brace extends Villa's unbeaten run to fourteen as they win at Molineux for the second successive game and progress to the League Cup third round.
Wolves
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 27 October 1981
🟨 | 30' Booking, Peter Withe
⚽ | 32' Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 73' Goal, 1-1 (Wolverhampton Wanderers), John Richards
⚽ | 88' Goal, 2-1, Gordon Cowans, pen
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa win successive games against Wolves and make it three wins in a row against the Molineux men.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #17
Manager Game: #376
Tuesday, 27 October 1981
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 376 | 🟩 | 173 🟨 | 104 🟥 99 | 1.66
Career Form:
Top 6
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨
Keith Hackett
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Wolverhampton Wanderers
None
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up from the team that beat the same opposition in the League last time out.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.58 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.73 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.95 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
John Barnwell | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers
GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴 |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴 |
CB Derek Parkin | 🏴 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴 |
CB Colin Brazier | 🏴 |
M Alan Birch | 🏴 |
M Mick Matthews | 🏴 |
M Willie Carr | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Peter Daniel | 🏴 |
CF Melvyn Eves | 🏴 |
CF Wayne Clarke | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Willie Carr | 🏴 | (CF John Richards | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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