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Game #3692

Aston Villa

Monday, 12 April 1982

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Won

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Brighton & Hove Albion

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,731

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa (Champions)

3-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 53' | 86' | Gordon Cowans | 88' |

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 12 April 1982

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
🔁 | 49' Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Pat Heard
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 2-0, David Geddis, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 12 April 1982

Reigning Champions Villa win for the third successive League game as Tony Barton's men make it six wins, three draws and two defeats under the new boss. In total Barton had now led Villa for fifteen games and delivered eight wins, four draws and three defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been fifteen wins, eight draws and twelve losses. Villa’s unsuccessful title defence now consisted of twelve wins, ten draws and twelve defeats after 34 games.

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

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: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Monday, 12 April 1982

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🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Derek Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sale, 1978–1982
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 15 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.87

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Derek Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sale, 1978–1982
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Geddis (first start in 13) replaces Gary Shaw.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.64 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.19 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.33 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Mike Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Brighton & Hove Albion

GK Perry Digweed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Gatting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 49' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Giles Stille | 🇸🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

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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

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟩 12 April 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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