1981–82 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1981-82 season was Aston Villa's 82nd season in the Football League.

As defending First Division champions for the first time in 71 years, they qualified for the European Cup for the first time in their history. Their first game in the competition was against Valur of Iceland, following by a second round clash with Dynamo Berlin of East Germany, Dynamo Kiev of the Soviet Union in the quarter-finals and then Anderlecht of Belgium in the semi-finals before beating Bayern Munich of West Germany 1–0 in the Final in Rotterdam, with Peter Withe scoring the winning goal.

The season began with Ron Saunders, who had been the club's manager since 1974, still in charge, but he resigned on 9 February 1982 following a disagreement with the board over his contract. He had been in charge for nearly eight years, winning a league title and two League Cups in the process. His successor was his assistant manager Tony Barton, who had been in charge for three months by the time Villa won the European Cup.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jimmy Rimmer
		GK	Nigel Spink
		DF	Kenny Swain
		DF	Colin Gibson
		DF	Brendan Ormsby
		DF	Mark Jones
		DF	Pat Heard
		DF	Gary Williams
		DF	Ken McNaught
		DF	Allan Evans
		DF	Eamon Deacy

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ivor Linton
		MF	Tony Morley
		MF	Dennis Mortimer
		MF	Mark Walters
		MF	Gordon Cowans
		MF	Paul Birch
		MF	Andy Blair
		MF	Des Bremner
		FW	Peter Withe
		FW	Gary Shaw
		FW	David Geddis
		FW	Terry Donovan^[1]

First round

First leg

Aston Villa v Valur

1981-09-16

Aston Villa	5–0	Valur
Morley 6' Withe 37', 68' Donovan 40', 69'

Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 20,481
Referee:


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Kenny Swain
3	Colin Gibson
4	Allan Evans
5	Brendan Ormsby
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Des Bremner
8	Terry Donovan
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Tony Morley
Manager:
Ron Saunders


VALUR:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:

Second leg

Valur v Aston Villa

1981-09-30

Valur	0–2	Aston Villa
		Shaw 25', 70'

Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:


VALUR:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Kenny Swain
3	Colin Gibson
4	Allan Evans
5	Brendan Ormsby
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Des Bremner
8	Gary Shaw
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Andy Blair
Manager:
Ron Saunders

Villa won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

Dynamo Berlin v Aston Villa

1981-10-21

Dynamo Berlin	1–2	Aston Villa
Riediger 50'		Morley 5', 85'

Berlin
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:


DYNAMO BERLIN:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:
Jürgen Bogs


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Gary Williams
3	Colin Gibson
4	Allan Evans
5	Brendan Ormsby
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Des Bremner
8	Gary Shaw
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Tony Morley
Manager:
Ron Saunders

Second leg

Aston Villa v Dynamo Berlin

1981-11-04

Aston Villa	0–1	Dynamo Berlin
		Terletzki 15'

Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 28,175
Referee:


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Kenny Swain
3	Colin Gibson
4	Allan Evans
5	Gary Williams
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Des Bremner
8	Gary Shaw
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Tony Morley
Manager:
Ron Saunders


DYNAMO BERLIN:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:
Jürgen Bogs

2–2 on aggregate. Villa won on away goals rule.

Quarter final

First leg

Dynamo Kiev v Aston Villa

1982-03-03

Dynamo Kiev	0–0	Aston Villa

Kiev
Attendance: 20,000
Referee:


DYNAMO KIEV:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:
Valeri Lobanovsky


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Kenny Swain
3	Gary Williams
4	Des Bremner
5	Ken McNaught
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Andy Blair
8	Gary Shaw
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Tony Morley
Manager:
Tony Barton

Second leg

Aston Villa v Dynamo Kiev

1982-03-17

Aston Villa	2–0	Dynamo Kiev
Shaw 4' McNaught 44'

Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 38,579
Referee:


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Kenny Swain
3	Gary Williams
4	Allan Evans
5	Ken McNaught
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Des Bremner
8	Gary Shaw
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Tony Morley
Manager:
Tony Barton


DYNAMO KIEV:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:
Valeri Lobanovsky

Villa won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-final

First leg

Aston Villa v Anderlecht

1982-04-07

Aston Villa	1–0	Anderlecht
Morley 27'

Villa Park, Birmingham
Referee:


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Kenny Swain
3	Gary Williams
4	Allan Evans
5	Ken McNaught
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Des Bremner
8	Gary Shaw
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Tony Morley
Manager:
Tony Barton


ANDERLECHT:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:
Tomislav Ivić

Second leg

Anderlecht v Aston Villa

1982-04-21

Anderlecht	0–0	Aston Villa

,
Referee:


ANDERLECHT:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manager:
Tomislav Ivić


ASTON VILLA:
1	Jimmy Rimmer
2	Kenny Swain
3	Gary Williams
4	Allan Evans
5	Ken McNaught
6	Dennis Mortimer
7	Des Bremner
8	Gary Shaw
9	Peter Withe
10	Gordon Cowans
11	Tony Morley
Manager:
Tony Barton

Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1982 European Cup Final

Aston Villa v Bayern Munich

1982-05-26

Aston Villa	1–0	Bayern Munich
Withe 67'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 39,776
Referee: Georges Konrath

References

↑ Donovan was born in Liverpool, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1979.

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