Game #3676
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 2 February 1982
Won
14th (+3)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Sunderland
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,916
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
Aston Villa (Champions)
1-0
Sunderland
Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 52' |
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 2 February 1982
🔁 | 30' Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Terry Bullivant
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 2 February 1982
Villa record a narrow, and desperately needed, win over second from bottom Sunderland to climb back to 14th in the table.
Villa win for the first time in four League games to make it six wins, seven draws and nine defeats after 22 matches of their title defence.
Midfielder Gary Shelton makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt having played for the club between 1978-79 and 1981-82 making 27 appearances and scoring 8 goals. Shelton moved on to Sheffield Wednesday in March for a fee of £50,000.
Gordon Cowans makes his 225th start in a Villa shirt (240 Appearances) to make it W110 D62 L68, 33 Goals and 31 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 1978-82 | 🕒 26 | 25 (1) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 11 | #594 |
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Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Sunderland
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #394 |
Tuesday, 2 February 1982
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🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Martin | 🏴 | Keyworth, 1975-1982
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 394 | 🟩 | 181 🟨 | 106 🟥 108 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Martin | 🏴 | Keyworth, 1975-1982
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 14 October 1978, Villa 2-2 Manchester United, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Andy Blair, Brendan Ormsby (first start in 17) and Gary Shelton (first start since 8 September 1979) replace Gary Williams, Dennis Mortimer and Allan Evans.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.16 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 34.00 |
Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 21.35 |
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Alan Durban | 🏴 |
Sunderland
GK Barry Siddall | 🏴 |
RB Joe Hinnigan | 🏴 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 |
CB Jeff Clarke | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴 |
LB Nick Pickering | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John Cooke | 🏴 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴 |
CF Alan Brown | 🏴 |
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 30' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Nick Pickering | 🏴 | (CF Colin West | 🏴 |)
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
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 | |
|---|---|
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12§
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park