1980–81 Aston Villa F.C. season
| 1980–81 season | |||
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| Chairman | Ron Bendall | ||
| Manager | Ron Saunders | ||
| First Division | 1st (champions) | ||
| FA Cup | Third round | ||
| League Cup | Third round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Peter Withe (20) All: Peter Withe (21) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 47,998 vs West Bromwich Albion (8 April 1981) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 23,622 vs Leeds United (27 August 1980) | ||
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| 37--28--24 | |
The 1980–81 English football season was Aston Villa's 82nd season in the Football League. Villa competed in the First Division, their sixth consecutive season in the top division. They finished as league champions for the seventh time in their history, using just 14 players over the course of the campaign, of whom no fewer than seven were ever-present (Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Ken McNaught, Dennis Mortimer, Des Bremner, Gordon Cowans and Tony Morley). Gary Shaw made 40 starts, Allan Evans 39 and Peter Withe, in his debut season, 36, with Gary Williams (21 starts) and Colin Gibson (19) contesting the remaining spot in the starting XI. David Geddis and Eamonn Deacy made eight and five starts respectively.