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Game #3692

Aston Villa

12-10-12, 46 PTS

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Monday, 12 April 1982

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984
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Substitutes

🔁 | LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 49' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Allan Evans, Dissent (23)
⭐ Club Record

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

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

David Geddis (first start in 13) replaces Gary Shaw.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.64 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.19 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.33 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-0

🟩 12 Apr 1982, Villa 3-0 Brighton, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | David Geddis | 53' | 86' | Allan Evans | 88' |

Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 53' | 86' | Gordon Cowans | 88' |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
🔁 | 49' Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Pat Heard
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 86’ Goal, 2-0, David Geddis, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Dissent

Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #51 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Monday, 12 April 1982

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Derek Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sale, 1982
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Derek Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sale, 1982
Linesmen: J. Byles (Oxford); K. A. Ryman (Stratford)

Previous 5 vs. Brighton: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 17 | 🟩 W9 (53% ) | 🟨 D4 | 🇺(76% ) | 🟥 L4 (24% ) | ⚽ 29 | 🥅 16 | GD 13

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 15 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.87

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division One

Brighton & Hove Albion

12-13-10, 49 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 22,731

GK Perry Digweed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Gatting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Mike Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Giles Stille | 🇸🇪 |)

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

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Perry Digweed | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Don Shanks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Sammy Nelson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielers
M Steve Gatting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Giles Stille | 🇸🇪 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |

Forwards
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
CF Andy Ritchie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa record a second successive 3-0 victory to make it four consecutive wins in all competitions under Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 but Villa remain 13th in the table following their dismal start to the campaign under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • In total Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had now led Villa for 🕒 fifteen games and 🟩 delivered eight wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 three defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 record over 🕒 35 games in had been 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 twelve losses.

  • Centre forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 49th appearance.

  • Goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 250th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Starting XI
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

250

250

🔥

0

0

🟩

112

🟨

69

🟥

69

80

🥅

269

RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

167

167

🔥

5

16

🟩

74

🟨

48

🟥

45

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

86

82

🔥

0

1

🟩

37

🟨

26

🟥

23

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

187

185

🔥

25

7

🟩

81

🟨

55

🟥

51

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

195

195

🔥

10

7

🟩

86

🟨

56

🟥

53

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

137

137

🔥

8

5

🟩

67

🟨

36

🟥

34

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

291

291

🔥

24

55

🟩

135

🟨

83

🟥

73

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

257

242

🔥

35

37

🟩

118

🟨

67

🟥

72

W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

113

109

🔥

25

19

🟩

54

🟨

26

🟥

33

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

83

83

🔥

36

17

🟩

45

🟨

19

🟥

19

CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

49

46

🔥

15

5

🟩

19

🟨

14

🟥

16

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

🔁

1

🔥

1

2

Sub 1

🟩

6

🟨

2

🟥

5

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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