Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
Coventry City
1-2
Aston Villa
Scorer(s) | Tony Morley | Peter Withe |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Game #3668
Division One
Highfield Road
Attendance: 27,020
Saturday, 17 January 1981
Position:
1st= (-)
AT A GLANCE
Game #3668
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #344 |
Saturday, 17 January 1981
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 2-1 |
Last 5 Games | WDLWW |
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.13 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 32.96 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 19.17 |
TEAM NEWS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
QUOTE OF THE DAY
MATCH PROGRAMME
LEAGUE TABLE
STARTING LINE UP
GK Jimmy Rimmer |
RB Kenny Swain |
CB Allan Evans |
CB Ken McNaught |
M Des Bremner |
M Colin Gibson |
M Gordon Cowans |
W Tony Morley |
M Dennis Mortimer |
CF Peter Withe |
F Gary Shaw |
THE OPPOSITION
Sealey (ex), Roberts, Dyson, Coop, Thomas, Gillespie, Blair (ex), Hunt (ex), Daly, Ferguson (Hateley (g)), Thompson (ex). Manager: Gordon Milne.
ex: Also played for the Villa
g: Scored
s/o: Sent off
s-: Sub off; s+: Sub on
SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
MATCH TIMELINE
[Exact timings not recorded]
Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City)
HT Coventry City 1-0 Aston Villa
Goal, 1-1, Tony Morley
Goal, 2-1, Peter Withe
FT Coventry City 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it four unbeaten in the League after a difficult spell to make it sixteen wins, six draws and five defeats in twenty seven League matches this season. As a result Villa sit in joint first place in the Division One table level with Ipswich after the Portman Road club won their game in hand.
KEY MAN
Peter Withe, tenth of the season wins it for Villa, Saturday, 17 January 1981.
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