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Game #3667

Aston Villa

4-7-5, 19 PTS

Saturday, 5 December 1981

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Lost

16th= (-3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

7-4-5, 25 PTS

Maine Road

Attendance: 32,487

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

1-0

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 December 1981

🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Dennis Tueart
🕒 | FT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 5 December 1981
  • Reigning Champions Villa 🟥 lose for the first time in six in all competitions to make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 five defeats in their title defence.

  • Manchester's smaller club receive the benefit of a shocking refereeing decision that allows them to take a free kick despite a stricken Villa player needing treatment for a head wound. 

  • Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 would require stitches but Shaw and Manchester City stooped low to secure tainted points.

  • Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 225th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY
Manchester City
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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Total 🕒 109 | 🟩 44 | 🟨 26 | 🟥 39 | ⚽ 182 | 🥅 169 |
League 🕒 101 | 🟩 41 | 🟨 25 | 🟥 35 | ⚽ 167 | 🥅 153 |
FA Cup 🕒 6 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 3 | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 0 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Home 🕒 56 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 13 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 115 | 🥅 59 |
Away 🕒 52 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 30 | ⚽ 66 | 🥅 88 |
Neutral 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #26
League Match: #16
Manager Game: #385
Saturday, 5 December 1981

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🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🕒 385 | 🟩 | 176 🟨 | 106 🟥 103 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Peter Withe, Dissent

CARDS
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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names the same line up for the fifth successive game.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.89 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.84 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.05 |

Referee

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

John Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Joe Corrigan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Ranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tommy Hutchison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Dennis Tueart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🤡 |
F Kevin Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Age Hareide | 🇳🇴 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES
“Des Bremner need four stitches in his scalp yet City were allowed to take the free kick.” Ron Saunders.
Quotes

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 5 Dec 1981, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Maine Road

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