Game #3656
Aston Villa

Wednesday, 21 October 1981
2nd Round
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
RB Gary Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Des Bremner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Morley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982

Substitutes
๐ | M Ivor Linton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for RB Gary Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 68' |
Unused Substitutes
Not recorded
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Defenders
CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Full Backs
RB Gary Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Midfielders
M Colin J Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Des Bremner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ivor Linton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Wingers
W Tony Morley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Forwards
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Peter Withe replaces David Geddis.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.56 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 33.72 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.93 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
On This Day
Villa face Berliner FC Dynamo ๐ฉ๐ช for the first time in competitive football, Dynamo become the 118th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villaโs seventh continental European opponents and their first from Germany ๐ฉ๐ช.
Ron Saunders' ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Villa win in Berlin thanks to two Tony Morley ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ goals to take two crucial away goals and seize the advantage in the European Cup second round as Ivor Linton ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ comes on as substitute to make his first appearance for Villa since Saturday, 3 May 1980.
Villa, unbeaten in twelve games in all competitions, secure a crucial first leg away win in Berlin in the second round of the European Cup as Tony Morley ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ scores five minutes from the start and five from the end.
Forward Gary Shaw ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฅ sets up Tony Morleyโs ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โฝ first goal to record his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 86th appearance (84 Starts) at a rate of one goal involvement for every 1.72 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Winger Tony Morley ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โฝ scores his twentieth goal in a Villa shirt on his ๐ 80th appearance.
Midfielder Ivor Linton ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his first appearance in 18 months and 61 games to make it ๐ 29 appearances (17 Starts) in a Villa shirt.
Starting XI
Substitutes
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 2
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 3
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
Scorer(s) | Tony Morley | 5' | 85' |
Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 5' | Peter Withe | 85' |
Match Timeline
โฝ | 5โ Goal, Tony Morley, Assist by Gary Shaw
๐ | HT Berliner FC Dynamo 0-1 Aston Villa
๐ฅ
| 50โ Goal, (Berliner FC Dynamo), Hans-Jurgen Riediger
๐ | 68โ Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Ivor Linton
โ | 80โ Missed penalty, (Berliner FC Dynamo)
โฝ | 85โ Goal, Tony Morley, Assist by Peter Withe
๐ | FT Berliner FC Dynamo 1-2 Aston Villa
Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #15
European Match: #3
Manager Game: #374
Wednesday, 21 October 1981
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Franz Wรถhrer | ๐ฆ๐น | Wien, 1981
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 2-1
Last 5: ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Officials
Referee: Franz Wรถhrer | ๐ฆ๐น | Wien, 1981
Linesmen:
Match Stats
Not recorded
Ron Saunders | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982
๐ 374 | ๐ฉ | 171 ๐จ | 104 ๐ฅ 99 | 1.65
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
European Cup
Berliner FC Dynamo
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark
Attendance: 25,000
GK Bodo Rudwaleit | ๐ฉ๐ช |
D Artur Ullrich | ๐ฉ๐ช |
D Michael Noack | ๐ฉ๐ช |
CB Rainer Troppa | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Norbert Trieloff | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Frank Terletzki | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Bernd Schulz | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Rainer Ernst | ๐ฉ๐ช |
F Hans-Jรผrgen Riediger | ๐ฉ๐ช | โฝ |
F Wolf-Rรผdiger Netz | ๐ฉ๐ช |
CF Ralf Strรครer | ๐ฉ๐ช | ๐ |
Jรผrgen Bogs | ๐ฉ๐ช |
Substitutes
๐ | CF Ralf Strรครer | ๐ฉ๐ช | (M Roland Jรผngling | ๐ฉ๐ช |)
Unused Substitutes
Not Recorded
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
East German Champions: ๐๐๐
FDGB-Pokal Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Opposition Matchday Squad
Goalkeepers
GK Bodo Rudwaleit | ๐ฉ๐ช |
Defenders
D Artur Ullrich | ๐ฉ๐ช |
D Michael Noack | ๐ฉ๐ช |
CB Rainer Troppa | ๐ฉ๐ช |
Midfielders
M Norbert Trieloff | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Frank Terletzki | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Bernd Schulz | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Rainer Ernst | ๐ฉ๐ช |
M Roland Jรผngling | ๐ฉ๐ช |
Forwards
F Hans-Jรผrgen Riediger | ๐ฉ๐ช |
F Wolf-Rรผdiger Netz | ๐ฉ๐ช |
CF Ralf Strรครer | ๐ฉ๐ช |
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1981-82
Playing Squad






























