Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
Aston Villa
3-0
Middlesbrough
Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | Peter Withe | Allan Evans |
Assist(s) | Not recorded
Game #3682
Division One
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,018
Saturday, 25 April 1981
Position:
1st (-)
AT A GLANCE
Game #3682
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #358 |
Saturday, 25 April 1981
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Ron Saunders |
FT Result | Won |
FT Score | 3-0 |
Last 5 Games | WLWDW |
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.40 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 33.23 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 19.44 |
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 Dennis Mortimer |
M Colin Gibson |
M Gordon Cowans |
W Tony Morley |
CF Peter Withe |
F Gary Shaw |
THE OPPOSITION
Platt, Bailey, Craggs, Ashcroft, McAndrew, Ross, Armstrong, Proctor, Shearer, Janković, Cochrane. Manager: John Neal.
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, 1-0, Gary Shaw
HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe
Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans
FT Aston Villa 3-0 Middlesbrough
ON THIS DAY
Ron Saunders' Villa make it twenty six wins, eight draws and seven defeats in forty one League matches this season as they sit four points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table. Ipswich have two games and four points to play and must win their next match to keep their title challenge alive.
KEY MAN
Peter Withe, twenty first of the season all but secures Villa the title, Saturday, 25 April 1981.
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