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Game #3668

Tuesday, 15 December 1981

Attendance: 15,191

Lost

Division One

17th= (-1)

Swansea City

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Vetch Field

Reigning champions Villa lose successive League games as surprise package Swansea go top of the table. By contrast Villa slump to seventeenth, fourteen points behind.

Swansea City

2-1

Aston Villa (Champions)

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Jimmy Rimmer, kept the score down as Swansea top the League.

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MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 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

ON THIS DAY

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. Meanwhile, Ivor Linton made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Peterborough in July 1982. Linton played for Villa between 1976-77 and 1981-82 making 30 appearances.

Aston Villa

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

Swansea City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Swansea City

Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Swansea City

None

Unknown

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 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Toshack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Brian Attley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Reported

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

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES