Game #3656
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 21 October 1981


Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
European Cup
Berliner FC Dynamo
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark
Attendance: 25,000
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
Berliner FC Dynamo
1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 5' | Peter Withe | 85' |
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 21 October 1981
⚽ | 5’ Goal, Tony Morley, Assist by Gary Shaw
🕒 | HT Berliner FC Dynamo 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, (Berliner FC Dynamo), Hans-Jurgen Riediger
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Ivor Linton
💥 | 80’ Missed penalty, (Berliner FC Dynamo)
⚽ | 85’ Goal, Tony Morley, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Berliner FC Dynamo 1-2 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 21 October 1981
Villa face Berliner FC Dynamo 🇩🇪 for the first time in competitive football, Dynamo become the 118th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s seventh continental European opponents and their first from Germany 🇩🇪.
Ron Saunders' 🏴 Villa win in Berlin thanks to two Tony Morley 🏴 goals to take two crucial away goals and seize the advantage in the European Cup second round as Ivor Linton 🏴 comes on as substitute to make his first appearance for Villa since Saturday, 3 May 1980.
Villa, unbeaten in twelve games in all competitions, secure a crucial first leg away win in Berlin in the second round of the European Cup as Tony Morley 🏴 scores five minutes from the start and five from the end.
Forward Gary Shaw 🏴 🔥 sets up Tony Morley’s 🏴 ⚽ first goal to record his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 86th appearance (84 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.72 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Winger Tony Morley 🏴 ⚽ scores his twentieth goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 80th appearance.
Midfielder Ivor Linton 🏴 makes his first appearance in 18 months and 61 games to make it 🕒 29 appearances (17 Starts) in a Villa shirt.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Berliner FC Dynamo


East German Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FDGB-Pokal Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #15
European Match: #3
Manager Game: #374
Wednesday, 21 October 1981
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🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Franz Wöhrer | 🇦🇹 | Wien, 1969-1987
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 374 | 🟩 | 171 🟨 | 104 🟥 99 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Franz Wöhrer | 🇦🇹 | Wien, 1969-1987
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Peter Withe replaces David Geddis.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.56 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 33.72 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.93 |
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Jürgen Bogs | 🇩🇪 |

Berliner FC Dynamo
GK Bodo Rudwaleit | 🇩🇪 |
D Artur Ullrich | 🇩🇪 |
D Michael Noack | 🇩🇪 |
CB Rainer Troppa | 🇩🇪 |
M Norbert Trieloff | 🇩🇪 |
M Frank Terletzki | 🇩🇪 |
M Bernd Schulz | 🇩🇪 |
M Rainer Ernst | 🇩🇪 |
F Hans-Jürgen Riediger | 🇩🇪 | ⚽ |
F Wolf-Rüdiger Netz | 🇩🇪 |
CF Ralf Sträßer | 🇩🇪 | 🔁 |
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 68' |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Ralf Sträßer | 🇩🇪 | (M Roland Jüngling | 🇩🇪 |)
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not Recorded
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
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ivor Linton | 🏴 | | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🇩🇪 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇩🇪 : 12/12
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 October 1981, Villa 2-1 Dynamo Berlin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark.


MATCH REPORTS
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