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Game #3665

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 November 1981

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Won

13th= (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Nottingham Forest

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,847

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

Aston Villa (Champions)

3-1

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Nottingham Forest

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Assist(s) | Eamonn Deacy | 6' | Gordon Cowans | 77' |

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 November 1981

⚽ | 6' Goal, 1-0, Des Bremner, Assist by Eamonn Deacy
⚽ | 38' Goal, 2-0, Des Bremner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 51' Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest), Colin Walsh
⚽ | 77' Goal, 3-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 November 1981

Reigning Champions Villa win in the League for the first time in four as they make it four wins, seven draws and four defeats and after 15 matches their title defence looks way off the pace as they sit 13th in the table, thirteen points behind leaders Ipswich.

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #24
League Match: #15
Manager Game: #383
Saturday, 28 November 1981

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🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1968-1983 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
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

🕒 383 | 🟩 | 175 🟨 | 106 🟥 102 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Brian Daniels | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1968-1983 🆘
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 13 September 1980, Villa 0-2 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names the same line up for the third successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.87 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.82 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.03 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Bryn Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John McGovern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Peter Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB David Needham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 28 November 1981, Villa 3-1 Forest, Villa Park.

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