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Game #3655

Saturday, 17 October 1981

Attendance: 32,064

Won

Division One

13th= (+3)

West Ham United

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Park

A Dennis Mortimer inspired Villa win for only the second time in eight unbeaten League games despite conceding after just 2' to climb to 13th in the first division table.

Aston Villa (Champions)

3-2

West Ham United

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 25' | 26' | David Geddis | 40' |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Trevor Brooking
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 2-1, David Geddis, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 3-1, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by David Geddis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 West Ham United
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 3-2, (West Ham United), David Cross
🔁 | 78' Sub off, David Geddis, Sub on, Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 West Ham United

ON THIS DAY

Reigning Champions Villa win for the first time in seven but are unbeaten in eight League games and now have two wins, six draws and two defeats in their title defence as they climb to 13th in the table.

Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

West Ham United

UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #14
League Match: #10
Manager Game: #373
Saturday, 17 October 1981

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

West Ham United

None

TEAM NEWS

Gary Williams replaces Kenny Swain.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.96 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |33.71 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.92 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |

West Ham United

GK Tom McAlister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Devonshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Brooking | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Jimmy Neighbour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF David Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Jimmy Neighbour | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Paul Brush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES