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Game #3667

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 December 1981

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Lost

16th= (-3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

Maine Road

Attendance: 32,487

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Manchester City

1-0

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 December 1981

🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Dennis Tueart
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 December 1981

Reigning Champions Villa lose for the first time in six in all competitions to make it four wins, seven draws and five defeats in their title defence.

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #26
League Match: #16
Manager Game: #385
Saturday, 5 December 1981

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🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1976-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 385 | 🟩 | 176 🟨 | 106 🟥 103 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1976-1988 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 January 1981, Villa 2-0 Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟨

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.89 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.84 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.05 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🤡 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Age Hareide | 🇳🇴 |

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

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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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

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

“Des Bremner need four stitches in his scalp yet City were allowed to take the free kick.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 5 December 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road.

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