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Game #3674

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 23 January 1982

4th Round

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ

GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kenny Swain | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Gary Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Blair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Terry Bullivant | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Andy Blair replaces Des Bremner.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 33.98 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.19 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

1-0

๐ŸŸฉ 23 Jan 1982, Villa 1-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate
Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 78' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 78' |

Match Timeline

๐Ÿ•’ | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Bristol City
โšฝ | 78' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Gordon Cowans
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Bristol City

Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #392 |
Saturday, 23 January 1982

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Hill | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Kettering, 1979-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ŸŸจ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ

Officials

Referee: Brian Hill | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Kettering, 1979-1995

Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฉ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 38 | ๐ŸŸฉ W20 (53% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D10 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(79% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L8 (21% ) | โšฝ 59 | ๐Ÿฅ… 38 | GD 21

Match Stats

Not recorded

Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1974-1982

๐Ÿ•’ 392 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 180 ๐ŸŸจ | 106 ๐ŸŸฅ 107 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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FA Cup

Bristol City

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Ashton Gate

Attendance: 20,279

GK Jan Mรถller | ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช |
RB Paul Stevens | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Gerry Sweeney | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Peter Aitken | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
CB Terry Boyle | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Trevor Tainton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gary Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Jimmy Mann | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Russell Musker | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Chris Garland | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
CF Mick Harford | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Roy Hodgson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | CF Chris Garland | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (F Ricky Chandler | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

League Champions: โŒ
FA Cup Winners: โŒ
League Cup Winners: โŒ
Last Trophy: โŒ

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

232

โœ…

232

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

103

๐ŸŸจ

65

๐ŸŸฅ

64

โ›”

73

๐Ÿฅ…

247

RB Kenny Swain | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

150

โœ…

150

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

15

๐ŸŸฉ

66

๐ŸŸจ

44

๐ŸŸฅ

40

LB Gary Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

71

โœ…

67

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

29

๐ŸŸจ

22

๐ŸŸฅ

20

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

172

โœ…

170

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

24

7

๐ŸŸฉ

73

๐ŸŸจ

53

๐ŸŸฅ

46

M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

109

โœ…

105

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

4

๐ŸŸฉ

55

๐ŸŸจ

24

๐ŸŸฅ

30

M Andy Blair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

11

โœ…

4

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

1

๐ŸŸฉ

4

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

2

M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

275

โœ…

275

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

24

55

๐ŸŸฉ

126

๐ŸŸจ

79

๐ŸŸฅ

70

M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

239

โœ…

224

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

33

31

๐ŸŸฉ

109

๐ŸŸจ

63

๐ŸŸฅ

67

W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

98

โœ…

94

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

21

17

๐ŸŸฉ

46

๐ŸŸจ

23

๐ŸŸฅ

29

CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

67

โœ…

67

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

31

11

๐ŸŸฉ

37

๐ŸŸจ

15

๐ŸŸฅ

15

F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

102

โœ…

100

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

41

16

๐ŸŸฉ

53

๐ŸŸจ

22

๐ŸŸฅ

27

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa secure a ๐ŸŸฉ narrow victory at third division Bristol City in the fourth round of the FA Cup thanks to a second half โšฝ goal from Gary Shaw ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ.

  • Des Bremner ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ is ruled out through injury and misses his first game since joining the club in 1979.

  • Ron Saunders' ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Villa recover from their Quarter Final defeat in the League Cup last time out to beat third division Bristol City in the FA Cup and make it ๐ŸŸฉ two wins in eight in all competitions.

  • Forward Gary Shaw ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his ๐Ÿ•’ 100th start in a Villa shirt (102 Appearances).

  • Midfielder Dennis Mortimer ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his ๐Ÿ•’ 275th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Right back Kenny Swain ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his 150th ๐Ÿ•’ appearance in a Villa shirt.

What they Said

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