Game #3611
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 22 October 1980
1st (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
Not recorded
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up as he fields the first XI used in ten of the sixteen matches so far this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.90 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.72 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 18.93 |
Merciless Villa sweep aside Brighton to take outright top spot in the first division table after thirteen games.
Villa record another convincing 🟩 win to make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 thirteen League matches this season under Ron Saunders 🏴.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 makes his 🕒 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (160 Starts) to make it 🟩 W78 🟨 D47 🟥 L50, ⚽ 23 Goals and 🔥 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.80 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Colin Gibson 🏴 contributes his 🔥 first assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 65th appearance.
Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 ⚽ scores for the second successive game to make it ⚽ three goals in his last four and ⚽ 6 goals in total in his first 🕒 16 games in a Villa shirt.
Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴 scores his ⚽ 4th goal in a Villa shirt in 🕒 60 appearances.
Won
4-1
🟩 22 Oct 1980, Villa 4-1 Brighton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 39' | Peter Withe | 47' | Des Bremner | 55' | Gary Shaw | 60' |
Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 47' | Allan Evans | 55' | Colin Gibson | 60' |
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), John Gregory
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-1, Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Des Bremner, Assist by Allan Evans
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 4-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #329 |
Wednesday, 22 October 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
League 🕒 11 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 19 | 🥅 10 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 4 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 7 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 6 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
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Final Appearances:
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Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 329 | 🟩 | 148 🟨 | 91 🟥 90 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Brighton & Hove Albion
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,367
GK Graham Moseley (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴 |
CB Gary Stevens | 🏴 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
M Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
M Ray McHale | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴 |
Alan Mullery | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | LB Gary Williams | 🏴 | (W Peter O'Sullivan | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
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