Game #3676
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 2 February 1982
14th (+3)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 30' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
🟨 Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Andy Blair, Brendan Ormsby (first start in 17) and Gary Shelton (first start since 8 September 1979) replace Gary Williams, Dennis Mortimer and Allan Evans.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.16 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 34.00 |
Youngest Player |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 21.35 |
Villa record a narrow, and desperately needed, 🟩 win over second from bottom Sunderland to climb back to 14th in the table.
Villa 🟩 win for the first time in four League games to make it 🟩 six wins, 🟨 seven draws and 🟥 nine defeats after 🕒 22 matches of their title defence.
Midfielder Gary Shelton 🏴 makes his 🕒 first appearance for 29 months and his first 126 games as he makes his 🕒 26th and final appearance in a Villa shirt. Shelton would move on to Sheffield Wednesday in March for a fee of £50,000 and leave with a record of 🟩 W10 🟨 D10 🟥 L8, ⚽ 8 Goals and 🔥 3 Assists however all his ⚽ 🔥 goal involvements game in his first 🕒 17 games and all in the 1978-79 season, a start upon which he was unable to build.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 makes his 🕒 225th start in a Villa shirt (240 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W110 🟨 D62 🟥 L68, ⚽ 33 Goals and 🔥 31 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Won
1-0
🟩 2 Feb 1982, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | David Geddis | 52' |
Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 52' |
Match Timeline:
🔁 | 30' Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Terry Bullivant
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling
Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #394 |
Tuesday, 2 February 1982
Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Brian Martin | 🏴 | Keyworth, 1978-1982
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Referee: Brian Martin | 🏴 | Keyworth, 1978-1982
Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
🔴 M Gary Shelton | 🏴 | 1978-82 🕒 26 | ✅ 25 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 11 | #595 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | 1974-1982
🕒 394 | 🟩 | 181 🟨 | 106 🟥 108 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Sunderland
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,916
GK Barry Siddall | 🏴 |
RB Joe Hinnigan | 🏴 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴 |
CB Jeff Clarke | 🏴 |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴 |
LB Nick Pickering | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John Cooke | 🏴 |
F Tom Ritchie | 🏴 |
CF Alan Brown | 🏴 |
Alan Durban | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | LB Nick Pickering | 🏴 | (CF Colin West | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
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League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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