Game #3621
Aston Villa
14-7-4, 35 PTS
Saturday, 20 December 1980
2nd (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | 🚑 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | 🚑 | 🔁 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for CF David Geddis | 🏴 | 68' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
🟨 Ken McNaught, Foul
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1976-77
Matchday Squad:
Suspension | 1 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders names the same line up for a third successive match.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.40 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 32.88 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 19.09 |
Villa suffer a shock defeat to Brighton and the never knowingly right Alan Mullery makes his usual preposterous claims.
Villa though "shouldn’t be losing to such a lowly side if they have title ambitions" but the adage of playing poorly and winning is not yet in their armoury after a Kenny Swain error gifts the home side the lead.
Ron Saunders' Villa lose for the third time in six to make it thirteen wins, five draws and five defeats in twenty three League matches this season. As a result Villa fall back to second place in the Division One table, one point behind new leaders Liverpool.
Lost
0-1
🟥 20 Dec 1980, Villa 0-1 Brighton, Goldstone
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🚑 | 5' Player retires from field of play with injury, Ken McNaught
🚑 | 10' Player returns to field of play injured, Ken McNaught
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Brighton & Hove Albion), Mike Robinson
🟨 | 36' Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul
🕒 | HT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
🚑 | Player retores from field of play injuredwith injury David Geddis
🆘 | Free kick awarded against Villa who thought the referee had stopped play to allow for the substitution
🔁 | 68' Sub off, David Geddis, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
🕒 | FT Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1980-81 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #339 |
Saturday, 20 December 1980
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1978-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1978-1992
Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
League 🕒 12 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 19 | 🥅 11 |
FA Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 4 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Away 🕒 7 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 9 |
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 339 | 🟩 | 152 🟨 | 94 🟥 93 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Brighton & Hove Albion
6-4-13, 16 PTS
Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 16,425
GK Graham Moseley (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Paul Clark | 🏴 |
CB Gary Stevens | 🏴 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴 |
W Peter O'Sullivan | 🏴 |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴 |
Alan Mullery | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Gordon Smith | 🏴 |
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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