Game #3666
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 1 December 1981
4th Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 |
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
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Ron Saunders names the same line up for the fourth successive game.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.88 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.83 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 20.04 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Won
2-1
🟩 1 Dec 1981, Villa 2-1 Wigan, Springfield Park
Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 53' (pen) | Peter Withe | 87' |
Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 87' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Wigan Athletic), Peter Houghton
🕒 | HT Wigan Athletic 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-1, Gordon Cowans (pen)
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 2-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #25
Manager Game: #384
Tuesday, 1 December 1981
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1981-1989
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1981-1989
Previous 5 vs. Wigan: None
Head to Head
Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W1 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 1 | GD 1
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 384 | 🟩 | 176 🟨 | 106 🟥 102 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
League Cup
Wigan Athletic
Springfield Park
Attendance: 15,362
GK Roy Tunks | 🏴 |
RB John McMahon | 🏴 |
RB Dave Glenn | 🏴 |
CB Colin Methven | 🇮🇳 |
M Clive Evans | 🏴 |
M Graham Barrow | 🏴 |
M Mark Wignall | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Kevin Sheldon | 🏴 |
F Les Bradd | 🏴 |
CF Micky Quinn | 🏴 |
CF Peter Houghton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Larry Lloyd | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Mark Wignall | 🏴 | (M Jeff Wright | 🏴 |)
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: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa meet yet another inspired goalkeeper as after fourth division Wigan take an early lead in the fourth round league cup tie Roy Tunks keeps Villa largely at bay until a Gordon Cowans 🏴 pen and 87' Peter Withe 🏴 strike send Villa through.
Villa face Wigan Athletic for the first time in competitive football, Wigan become the 119th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa beat fourth division Wigan in the League Cup to make it five games unbeaten and 🟩 three wins.
Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴 secures his 🟩 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 224th appearance.
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