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Game #3668

Aston Villa

4-7-6, 19 PTS

Tuesday, 15 December 1981

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Lost

17th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Swansea City

10-3-6, 33 PTS

Vetch Field

Attendance: 15,191

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

Swansea City

2-1

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 15 December 1981

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Swansea City), Robbie James
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Max Thompson
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 1-2, (Swansea City), Robbie James
🕒 | HT Swansea City 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Ivor Linton 🔴
🕒 | FT Swansea City 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, David Geddis, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul

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

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 15 December 1981
  • Reigning Champions Villa 🟥 lose for the second successive Division One game to make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 seven draws and six 🟥 defeats in their title defence as surprise package Swansea go top of the table. By contrast Villa slump to seventeenth, fourteen points behind.

  • Midfielder Ivor Linton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his first appearance in 2 months in what was to be his 30th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (17 Starts) before moving on to Peterborough United in July 1982. Linton had made 28 appearances in 1978-79 and 1979-80 but had to wait 61 games to make his 🕒 29th and penultimate appearances in 1981-82. Linton left with a record of 🟩 W11 🟨 D5 🟥 L14.

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1977-81 🕒 30 | ✅ 17 🔁 (13) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 11 | #588 |

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

Aston Villa

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

Swansea City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
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Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #27
League Match: #17
Manager Game: #386
Tuesday, 15 December 1981

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🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 386 | 🟩 | 176 🟨 | 106 🟥 104 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 David Geddis, Foul
🟨 Allan Evans, Foul

CARDS
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None

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

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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TEAM NEWS

David Geddis replaces Peter Withe.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.32 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.87 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.08 |

Referee

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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 David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

John Toshack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Swansea City

GK Dai Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Max Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Nigel Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
D Ante Rajković | 🇧🇦 |
M Gary Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chris Marustik | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Robbie James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Leighton James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Alan Curtis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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LB Brian Attley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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Not recorded

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Not Reported

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 15 Dec 1981, Villa 1-2 Swansea, Vetch Field

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