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ASTON VILLA 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Apr 18, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 18, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ireland's Saturday Night - Saturday 18 April 1981
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1980-81
Referee:: R Chadwick
Attendance:: 34,707
Pos Before/After:: 6 8
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Aston Villa:: Nov 28, 1981

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3121 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1534 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3526 (of 5724)
Total:: 4893 (of 7505)
Played:: 43 years, 1 day ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WDLWLD (Old to recent)

Goals

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: DLWWWL (Old to recent)

Goals
Gordon Cowans (30') (Pen)
Peter Withe (44')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Peter Shilton
2	D	24	Viv Anderson
3	D	22	Bryn Gunn
4	M	31	John McGovern
5	D	31	David Needham
6	M	25	Einar Aas
7	M	19	Gary Mills
8	M	20	Stuart Gray
9	F	26	Trevor Francis
10	F	25	Peter Ward
11	F	28	John Robertson
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Rimmer
2	D	Kenny Swain
3	D	Gary Williams
4	D	Ken McNaught
5	D	Des Bremner
6	M	Dennis Mortimer
7	M	Colin Gibson
8	M	Gordon Cowans
9	M	Tony Morley
10	F	Peter Withe
11	F	Gary Shaw
12		?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Apr 18, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	2-2	Stoke City
Crystal Palace	0-3	Brighton and Hove Albion
Everton	4-1	Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town	0-2	Arsenal
Leeds United	0-0	Liverpool
Leicester City	2-2	Southampton
Manchester United	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland	3-0	Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur	2-3	Norwich City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-3	Manchester City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Aston Villa	38	24	7	7	66	37	14	3	2	35	13	10	4	5	31	24	29	55	DLWWWL	Safe
	2	Ipswich Town	37	22	10	5	73	35	14	4	0	42	9	8	6	5	31	26	38	54	WLWLLW	Safe
	3	West Bromwich Albion	38	18	11	9	53	37	13	4	2	34	12	5	7	7	19	25	16	47	LWLWWL	Safe
	4	Southampton	38	19	8	11	70	50	15	3	2	46	21	4	5	9	24	29	20	46	WWWWLW	Safe
	5	Liverpool	37	15	15	7	58	39	12	5	2	37	14	3	10	5	21	25	19	45	WWLWDL	Safe
	6	Nottingham Forest	38	17	11	10	57	40	14	2	3	42	19	3	9	7	15	21	17	45	WDLWLD	Safe
	7	Arsenal	38	15	15	8	52	42	11	8	0	31	15	4	7	8	21	27	10	45	LDWWWD	Safe
	8	Manchester United	40	13	18	9	48	35	7	11	1	27	13	6	7	8	21	22	13	44	DWWWWW	Safe
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	37	14	13	10	64	58	9	8	2	41	27	5	5	8	23	31	6	41	DDLWWD	Safe
	10	Leeds United	38	16	8	14	37	45	10	3	6	19	19	6	5	8	18	26	-8	40	WLWWWD	Safe
	11	Birmingham City	38	13	11	14	49	54	11	4	4	31	20	2	7	10	18	34	-5	37	WWDLWL	Safe
	12	Stoke City	38	10	16	12	44	55	7	8	4	27	20	3	8	8	17	35	-11	36	LWDDLW	Safe
	13	Middlesbrough	37	15	5	17	49	50	13	4	1	35	12	2	1	16	14	38	-1	35	LLLWLW
	14	Manchester City	37	12	10	15	49	54	9	6	4	31	23	3	4	11	18	31	-5	34	WLLDDL
	15	Everton	37	12	8	17	49	52	7	6	6	28	23	5	2	11	21	29	-3	32	LLLLDL
	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	12	8	16	38	46	10	1	6	23	15	2	7	10	15	31	-8	32	LWLWLW
	17	Sunderland	38	12	7	19	46	49	9	4	6	28	17	3	3	13	18	32	-3	31	LWWLLL
	18	Coventry City	38	11	8	19	43	65	8	5	6	28	28	3	3	13	15	37	-22	30	LWLLLL
	19	Norwich City	38	11	7	20	43	67	8	7	4	31	22	3	0	16	12	45	-24	29	LWDLWW
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	10	7	21	45	65	8	3	8	26	25	2	4	13	19	40	-20	27	WLDDLL
	21	Leicester City	38	11	5	22	33	61	6	4	9	17	21	5	1	13	16	40	-28	27	WLDWDL
	22	Crystal Palace	38	6	6	26	43	73	6	4	9	31	31	0	2	17	12	42	-30	18	LLDLLW	Relegated

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Aston Villa	39	25	7	7	68	37	15	3	2	37	13	10	4	5	31	24	31	57	LWWWLW	Safe	2-0
	2	Ipswich Town	38	22	10	6	73	37	14	4	1	42	11	8	6	5	31	26	36	54	LWLLWL	Safe	0-2
1	3	Southampton	39	19	9	11	72	52	15	3	2	46	21	4	6	9	26	31	20	47	WWWLWD	Safe	2-2
1	4	West Bromwich Albion	39	18	11	10	54	39	13	4	2	34	12	5	7	8	20	27	15	47	WLWWLL	Safe	1-2
2	5	Arsenal	39	16	15	8	54	42	11	8	0	31	15	5	7	8	23	27	12	47	DWWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	6	Liverpool	38	15	16	7	58	39	12	5	2	37	14	3	11	5	21	25	19	46	WLWDLD	Safe	0-0
1	7	Manchester United	41	14	18	9	50	36	8	11	1	29	14	6	7	8	21	22	14	46	WWWWWW	Safe	2-1
2	8	Nottingham Forest	39	17	11	11	57	42	14	2	3	42	19	3	9	8	15	23	15	45	DLWLDL	Safe	0-2
	9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	13	11	66	61	9	8	3	43	30	5	5	8	23	31	5	41	DLWWDL	Safe	2-3
	10	Leeds United	39	16	9	14	37	45	10	4	6	19	19	6	5	8	18	26	-8	41	LWWWDD	Safe	0-0
	11	Birmingham City	39	13	11	15	49	57	11	4	4	31	20	2	7	11	18	37	-8	37	WDLWLL	Safe	0-3
	12	Stoke City	39	10	17	12	46	57	7	8	4	27	20	3	9	8	19	37	-11	37	WDDLWD	Safe	2-2
1	13	Manchester City	38	13	10	15	52	55	9	6	4	31	23	4	4	11	21	32	-3	36	LLDDLW	Safe	3-1
1	14	Middlesbrough	38	15	5	18	50	54	13	4	1	35	12	2	1	17	15	42	-4	35	LLWLWL		1-4
	15	Everton	38	13	8	17	53	53	8	6	6	32	24	5	2	11	21	29	0	34	LLLDLW		4-1
1	16	Sunderland	39	13	7	19	49	49	10	4	6	31	17	3	3	13	18	32	0	33	WWLLLW		3-0
1	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	8	17	39	49	10	1	7	24	18	2	7	10	15	31	-10	32	WLWLWL		1-3
	18	Coventry City	39	11	9	19	45	67	8	6	6	30	30	3	3	13	15	37	-22	31	WLLLLD		2-2
	19	Norwich City	39	12	7	20	46	69	8	7	4	31	22	4	0	16	15	47	-23	31	WDLWWW		3-2
	20	Brighton and Hove Albion	39	11	7	21	48	65	8	3	8	26	25	3	4	13	22	40	-17	29	LDDLLW		3-0
	21	Leicester City	39	11	6	22	35	63	6	5	9	19	23	5	1	13	16	40	-28	28	LDWDLD		2-2
	22	Crystal Palace	39	6	6	27	43	76	6	4	10	31	34	0	2	17	12	42	-33	18	LDLLWL	Relegated	0-3