Game #3611
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 22 October 1980
Won
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Division One
Brighton & Hove Albion
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,367
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
4-1
Brighton & Hove Albion
Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 47' | Allan Evans | 55' | Colin Gibson | 60' |
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 22 October 1980
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), John Gregory
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-1, Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Des Bremner, Assist by Allan Evans
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 4-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 22 October 1980
Merciless Villa sweep aside Brighton to take outright top spot in the first division table after thirteen games.
Villa record another convincing win to make it nine wins, two draws and two defeats in thirteen League matches this season under Ron Saunders.
Gordon Cowans makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (160 Starts) to make it W78 D47 L50, 23 Goals and 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Brighton & Hove Albion
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #329 |
Wednesday, 22 October 1980
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🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 329 | 🟩 | 148 🟨 | 91 🟥 90 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up as he fields the first XI used in ten of the sixteen matches so far this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.90 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.72 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.93 |
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Alan Mullery | 🏴 |
Brighton & Hove Albion
GK Graham Moseley (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴 |
CB Gary Stevens | 🏴 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Ray McHale | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴 |
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Gary Williams | 🏴 | (W Peter O'Sullivan | 🏴 |)
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 22 October 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park.