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
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
🟩 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 🕒 first appearance for 29 months and his first 126 games as he makes his 🕒 26th and final appearance in a Villa shirt. Shelton would move on to Sheffield Wednesday in March for a fee of £50,000 and leave with a record of 🟩 W10 🟨 D10 🟥 L8, ⚽ 8 Goals and 🔥 3 Assists however all his ⚽ 🔥 goal involvements game in his first 🕒 17 games and all in the 1978-79 season, a start upon which he was unable to build.
Midfielder 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 | #595 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
🕒 394 | 🟩 | 181 🟨 | 106 🟥 108 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 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: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 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
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 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

