Game #3663
Aston Villa
3-7-4, 16 PTS

Saturday, 21 November 1981
14th (-1)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kenny Swain | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Gary Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
FB Eamonn Deacy | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Des Bremner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
W Tony Morley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ฅ |
Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
RB Mark Jones | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ Gary Williams, Dissent (3)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Eamonn Deacy replaces Dennis Mortimer.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.85 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 33.80 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.01 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa โฝ score for the first time in five games but can only ๐จ draw with second from bottom Boro - their ๐จ seventh League draw in fourteen as the reigning champions sit fourteenth in the table thirteen points off the top.
Villa make it ๐ฉ three wins, ๐จ seven draws and ๐ฅ four defeats in their title defence.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ scores his โฝ 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his ๐ 227th appearance (212 Starts) to make it ๐ฉ W103 ๐จ D62 ๐ฅ L62, โฝ 30 Goals and ๐ฅ 29 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.85 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Left back Eamonn Deacy ๐ฎ๐ช makes his ๐ fourteenth appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in seven months.
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 6' | Gordon Cowans | 61' | Gary Shaw | 65' |
Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 61' | Peter Withe | 65' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
๐ฅ
| 13' Goal, 1-1, (Middlesbrough, pen), Tony McAndrew
๐ | HT Middlesbrough 1-1 Aston Villa
โฝ | 61' Goal, 2-1, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Gary Shaw
โฝ | 65' Goal, 3-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
๐ฅ
| 71' Goal, 3-2, (Middlesbrough), Billy Ashcroft
๐ฅ
| 76' Goal, 3-3, (Middlesbrough), Billy Ashcroft
๐ | FT Middlesbrough 3-3 Aston Villa
๐จ | Booking, Gary Williams, Dissent
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #22
League Match: #14
Manager Game: #381
Saturday, 21 November 1981
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Allan Banks | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Manchester, 1979-1986
HT Score: ๐จ 1-1
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 3-3
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ
Officials
Referee: Allan Banks | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Manchester, 1981-1983
Referee: Allan Banks | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Manchester, 1981-1983
๐ 1 | ๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | ๐ : 0
๐ 1 | ๐ฉ 0% | ๐จ 100% | ๐ฅ 0% | ๐ : 0
Cards ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | 1.00 |
Penalty โฝ 0 | ๐ฅ
1 |
Last 5: ๐จ
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982
๐ 381 | ๐ฉ | 173 ๐จ | 106 ๐ฅ 102 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
"The difference Is that last season we were a team. Now we are 11 players.
โLeague champions should not give away goals like we did."
Jimmy Rimmer.
Division One
Middlesbrough
2-5-7, 11 PTS
Ayresome Park
Attendance: 12,522
GK Jim Platt | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Irving Nattrass | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Mick Baxter | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Tony McAndrew | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โฝ |
LB Joe Bolton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Colin Ross | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Heini Otto | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
F Terry Cochrane | ๐ฌ๐ง |
CF Billy Woof | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF David Shearer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CF David Hodgson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Bobby Murdoch | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | CF Billy Woof | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (CB Billy Ashcroft | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: โ
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1981-82
Playing Squad










































