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Game #3621

Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 December 1980

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Lost

2nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Brighton & Hove Albion

Goldstone Ground

Attendance: 16,425

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

Brighton & Hove Albion

1-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 December 1980

💥 | 5' Player left field of play injured, Ken McNaught
💥 | 10' Player returned to field of play injured, Ken McNaught
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Mike Robinson
🟨 | 36' Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul
🕒 | HT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | Player left field of play injured, David Geddis
💥 | Free kick awarded against Villa who thought the referee had stopped play to allow for the substitution
🔁 | 68' Sub off, David Geddis, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
🕒 | FT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 December 1980

Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the third time in six to make it thirteen wins, five draws and five defeats in twenty three League matches this season. As a result Villa fall back to second place in the Division One table, one point behind new leaders Liverpool.

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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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

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #339 |
Saturday, 20 December 1980

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🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 339 | 🟩 | 152 🟨 | 94 🟥 93 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 20 February 1980, Villa 1-0 Blackburn, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names the same line up for a third successive match.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.40 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.88 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.09 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🚑 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🚑 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Brighton & Hove Albion

GK Graham Moseley (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Peter O'Sullivan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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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
Squad Bios

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Suspension | 1 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 20 December 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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