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Game #3670

Aston Villa

5-7-7, 29 PTS

Monday, 28 December 1981

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Won

14th= (+3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Brighton & Hove Albion

6-9-4, 27 PTS

Goldstone Ground

Attendance: 24,287

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

Aston Villa (Champions)

1-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 62' |

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 28 December 1981

🕒 | HT Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, David Geddis, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 28 December 1981
  • Villa win for the first time in four League games as Dennis Mortimer returns to the side after eight matches out through injury and creates Tony Morley’s goal to beat Brighton and move back to 14th in the table.

  • Reigning Champions Villa stop a run of three League losses to make it five wins, seven draws and seven defeats in their title defence.

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Brighton & Hove Albion

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

League 🕒 13 | 🟩 7 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 20 | 🥅 11 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 4 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Away 🕒 8 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 10 | 🥅 9 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Brighton & Hove Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Brighton & Hove Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #29
League Match: #19
Manager Game: #388
Monday, 28 December 1981

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🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1972-1984
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 388 | 🟩 | 177 🟨 | 106 🟥 105 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1972-1984

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 David Geddis, Dissent
🟨 Gary Williams, Dissent
🟨 Colin Gibson, Foul

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Gary Williams and Dennis Mortimer replace Noel Blake and Terry Bullivant.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.29 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.90 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.04 |

Referee

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MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Mike Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Brighton & Hove Albion

GK Graham Moseley (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Gatting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (CB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟩 28 Dec 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone

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

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

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

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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