 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Villa akanga adzokera pakati pevakuru sezvo Saunders akaramba achiumba chikwata chinokunda. Izvi zvakaguma nechinzvimbo chechinomwe chepamusoro-chikwata cheligi muna 198081. Kushamisika kwevatsananguri uye vateveri, Saunders akasiya pakati pe1981-82 mwaka, mushure mekudonha nemutungamiri, neVilla mu quarter-fainari yeEuropean Cup. Akatsiviwa nemubatsiri wake maneja Tony Barton uyo akatungamira kirabhu kukunda Bayern Munich 1-0 mufainari yeEuropean CupmuRotterdam nokurumbidzwa kwechinangwa chaPeter Withe. Mwaka wakatevera Villa yakashongedzwa korona yeEuropean Super Cup vakundi, vachikunda Barcelona 31 pahuwandu. Izvi zvakaratidzira kumusoro kunyangwe uye hupfumi hwaVilla hwakadzikira zvakanyanya kune mazhinji ema1980, zvichikonzera kudzikiswa muna 1987. Izvi zvakateverwa nekusimudzirwa gore rakatevera pasi paGraham Taylor uye nzvimbo yechipiri muChikamu Chekutanga mumwaka wa1989-90. 