Game #3681
Aston Villa
Saturday, 20 February 1982
Birmingham City
0-1
Aston Villa (Champions)
Division One
Birmingham City
St Andrew's
Attendance: 32,779
Won
15th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 57' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Jimmy Rimmer, "it must have been obvious in recent weeks that not everyone at Aston Villa was giving their all for Ron Saunders", Saturday, 20 February 1982.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 February 1982
🔁 | 10' Sub off, Kenny Swain, Sub on, Terry Bullivant
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 0-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Reigning Champions Villa win for the first time under Tony Barton who remains unbeaten in the League after three games and as a result makes it seven wins, nine draws and ten defeats after 26 games of their title defence.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Birmingham City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Saturday, 20 February 1982
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton (Caretaker) | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴 | Sussex, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 4 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 1 | 1.25
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴 | Sussex, 1974-1985
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 9 September 1978, Villa 2-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up for the first time.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.16 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 34.05 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 20.26 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Norman Bodell | 🏴 | (Caretaker)
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Birmingham City
GK Roger Jones | 🏴 |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 |
D Geoff Scott | 🏴 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
M Les Phillips | 🏴 |
W Ian Handysides | 🏴 |
W Toine van Mierlo | 🇳🇱 |
CF Frank Worthington | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Neil Whatmore | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Terry Bullivant | 🏴 | for RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 10' |
SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Tony Evans | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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