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Game #3673

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 20 January 1982

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Lost

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

League Cup

West Bromwich Albion

Villa Park

Attendance: 35,197

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-1

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West Brom

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 20 January 1982

💥 | 1' West Bromwich Albion handball missed by referee
🥅 | 32' Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Derek Statham
💥 | 44' West Bromwich Albion handball missed by referee
💥 | 45' West Bromwich Albion handball missed by referee
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 West Bromwich Albion
🟥 | HT Sending off, Tony Morley, Foul and abusive language
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 West Bromwich Albion

🟨 | Booking, Dennis Mortimer

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

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 20 January 1982
  • A poor performance from the officials, a bizarre half time sending off, more horrendous challenges and the massed ranks of 11 Albion defenders stifling the game see Villa - far from their best form - unable to break through and out of the League Cup at the quarter final stage.

  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off for the first time in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 97th appearance.

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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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

West Bromwich Albion

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League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #391 |
Tuesday, 19 January 1982

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🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Chadwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darwen, 1978–1982
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result 🟥 Lost
FT Score 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 391 | 🟩 | 179 🟨 | 106 🟥 107 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ron Chadwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darwen, 1978–1982

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟥 Tony Morley, Foul and abusive language
🟨 Dennis Mortimer

CARDS
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🟨

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

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.60 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.96 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.18 |

Referee

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ronnie Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Mark Grew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
D John Wile | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Martin Jol | 🇳🇱 |
M Andy King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"There is no excuse for Tony, as he knows that calling a referee or a linesman what he did can only get him into trouble. "But where is the sense in it when Alistair Robertson can get away with just a booking for the sort of foul he committed on me in the opening minutes, while a lad gets ordered off for opening his mouth. "Someone has got to something about it to get the balance right." Dennis Mortimer. “It was a joke. I told the linesman what I thought of him, he told the referee and the referee told me not to bother to come out for the second half. “What am I supposed to do? “It was a quarter-final of the League Cup and we were losing 1-0. “It was not the first time a hand-bail had been missed In the Albion penalty area what am I expected to call him? A nice lad! “Robertson went over the top and only got booked. “I’ve never kicked anyone In my life and yet I get sent off.” Tony Morley. "I was still surprised at the decision in view of one or two tackles that went on. "I was proud of the way team battled, and the way they kept their cool at some of the decisions that went against them. “I must admit to being worried about the crowd. The atmosphere was festering and If anything else had happened I do not like to think what they would have done." Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 20 Jan 1982, Villa 0-1 Albion, Villa Park

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