8 historical football records.
The 1978 English league championship was earned by Nottingham Forest with Peter Withe among the forwards associated with the team. Peter Withe was part of the attacking unit that won the league and participated in a side that finished above its top-flight rivals.
Saunders signs Withe as the final attacking addition to his championship team.
Withe joins Aston Villa from Newcastle in 1980 and becomes the centre-forward Saunders requires for the coming title challenge.
Peter Withe represented Aston Villa during the season ending in 1981, when the club won the Football League First Division. As a forward, Peter Withe provided runs into scoring positions and attacking pressure during the championship season.
Withe scores twenty league goals during Villa's championship-winning season.
Withe finishes the First Division season with 20 league goals, sharing the division's scoring lead as Villa win the title.
Withe scores the only goal as Aston Villa defeats Bayern Munich in the European Cup final.
Withe scores the winner against Bayern Munich as Aston Villa lift the European Cup with a team largely built during Saunders's tenure.