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Game #3671

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 5 January 1982

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

FA Cup

Notts County

Meadow Lane

Attendance: 12,312

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

Notts County

0-6

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Aston Villa

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🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 5 January 1982

⚽ | 1’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, 58 Seconds, Gordon Mair
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 2-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 3-0, David Geddis, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 4-0, David Geddis
🕒 | HT Notts County 0-4 Aston Villa
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 5-0, David Geddis, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 6-0, Gordon Cowans (pen)
🕒 | FT Notts County 0-6 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Kenny Swain, 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

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 5 January 1982
  • Villa hammer County in the third round of the FA Cup but hat-trick man David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 isn't happy about "having to score to stay in the side,"

  • Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa get a modicum of revenge over team that beat them on the opening day of the season as Notts County are hammered at Meadow Lane.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 40th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 99th appearance (97 Starts) at a rate of a goal every 2.48 games.

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 125th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 272nd appearance.

  • Centre forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 hits a hat-trick to score his ⚽ 9th, 10th & 11th goals in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 43rd appearance.

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Notts County

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1893-94

FIXTURE HISTORY
Notts County
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Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #30
Manager Game: #389
Tuesday, 5 January 1982

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🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1974-1982
HT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 389 | 🟩 | 178 🟨 | 106 🟥 105 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Willis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bishop Auckland, 1974-1982

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Kenny Swain, Foul

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 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Gary Shaw replaces Terry Donovan.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.97 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.93 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.14 |

Referee

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Sirrell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Notts County

GK Mick Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ray O'Brien | 🇮🇪 |
LB Aki Lahtinen | 🇫🇮 | 🔁 |
CB Pedro Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Tristan Benjamin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Don Masson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Hooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Gordon Mair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W John Chiedozie | 🇳🇬 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Aki Lahtinen | 🇫🇮 | (CF Trevor Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH QUOTES
"It is no good having to come in and score goals to stay in the side.” David Geddis.
Quotes

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 5 Jan 1982, Villa 6-0 Notts County, Meadow Lane

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