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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 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

Aston Villa (Champions)

1-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 62' |

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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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

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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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 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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FINAL APPEARANCES

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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: ❌

Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Brighton & Hove Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Brighton & Hove Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 388 | 🟩 | 177 🟨 | 106 🟥 105 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 August 1978, Villa 0-1 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨

None

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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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
Manager

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 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

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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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

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.

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