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ASTON VILLA 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Nov 28, 1981 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Nov 28, 1981 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-3 (Lost)
: Half-time: 0-2

Season:: 1981-82
Referee:: B Daniels
Sponsor:: Panasonic
Attendance:: 26,847
Pos Before/After:: 5 7
Opp Before/After:: 15 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Tranmere Rovers (League Cup)
League:: Liverpool
Aston Villa:: Apr 24, 1982

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3140 (of 4969)
League Tier 1:: 1553 (of 2221)
Competitive:: 3548 (of 5679)
Total:: 4924 (of 7451)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Ireland's Saturday Night - Saturday 28 November 1981
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WDWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
Colin Walsh (52)

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Ron Saunders
Prior form: DWWLLD (Old to recent)

Goals:
Des Bremner (7)
Des Bremner (39)
Peter Withe (76)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Peter Shilton
2	D	Viv Anderson
3	M	Stuart Gray
4	M	John McGovern
5	D	David Needham off for Mark Proctor (22)
6	D	Bryn Gunn
7	M	Gary Mills
8	F	Peter Ward
9	M	Justin Fashanu
10	M	Colin Walsh (52)
11	F	John Robertson
Subs
12	F	Mark Proctor on for David Needham (22)

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jimmy Rimmer
2	D	Kenny Swain
3	D	Gary Williams
4	D	Allan Evans
5	D	Eamonn Deacy
6	M	Colin Gibson
7	M	Des Bremner
8	M	Tony Morley
9	M	Gordon Cowans
10	F	Gary Shaw
11	F	Peter Withe

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Nov 28, 1981)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	1-0	Everton
Aston Villa	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Coventry City	1-1	Middlesbrough
Ipswich Town	2-0	Manchester City
Leeds United	3-3	West Ham United
Liverpool	0-1	Southampton
Manchester United	2-0	Brighton and Hove Albion
Notts County	2-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland	1-2	West Bromwich Albion
Swansea City	1-0	Birmingham City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Stoke City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
	1	Manchester United	16	8	5	3	24	12	5	2	1	12	4	3	3	2	12	8	12	29	DWWWWL
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	14	9	0	5	23	15	4	0	4	13	11	5	0	1	10	4	8	27	WWLWLW
	3	Swansea City	15	8	3	4	25	22	5	2	0	14	4	3	1	4	11	18	3	27	WLDWLD
	4	Ipswich Town	14	8	2	4	25	19	5	1	1	13	8	3	1	3	12	11	6	26	WLWWLL
	5	Nottingham Forest	15	7	5	3	20	17	5	2	1	11	6	2	3	2	9	11	3	26	WDWDLW
	6	West Ham United	14	6	7	1	29	17	4	3	0	18	11	2	4	1	11	6	12	25	DLDWDW
	7	Southampton	15	7	3	5	28	23	6	0	1	19	7	1	3	4	9	16	5	24	WDLWWD
	8	Manchester City	14	6	4	4	20	15	4	3	1	14	5	2	1	3	6	10	5	22	DLDWWW
	9	Liverpool	14	5	6	3	21	15	3	3	1	12	6	2	3	2	9	9	6	21	WDLWWD
	10	Brighton and Hove Albion	15	4	9	2	20	15	2	5	1	15	11	2	4	1	5	4	5	21	DWDDDD
	11	Arsenal	14	6	3	5	12	11	3	2	1	4	2	3	1	4	8	9	1	21	LWLWWW
	12	Stoke City	16	6	2	8	22	24	4	0	4	13	10	2	2	4	9	14	-2	20	WDLWWL
	13	Everton	15	5	4	6	19	21	4	1	2	11	7	1	3	4	8	14	-2	19	WWLLLD
	14	Coventry City	15	5	3	7	24	24	5	1	1	18	7	0	2	6	6	17	0	18	LWLLLW
	15	Aston Villa	14	3	7	4	18	17	1	3	3	6	9	2	4	1	12	8	1	16	DWWLLD
	16	Notts County	15	4	4	7	21	27	3	3	1	11	10	1	1	6	10	17	-6	16	LDLLDD
	17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	4	4	7	9	20	3	2	3	5	7	1	2	4	4	13	-11	16	DLDWWD
	18	Birmingham City	14	3	6	5	21	21	3	3	1	17	12	0	3	4	4	9	0	15	WDLDDL
	19	West Bromwich Albion	15	3	6	6	16	18	2	4	2	9	7	1	2	4	7	11	-2	15	LDDWLD
	20	Leeds United	15	4	3	8	13	28	4	3	0	10	3	0	0	8	3	25	-15	15	LWWLWL
	21	Middlesbrough	16	2	5	9	15	28	2	3	3	10	14	0	2	6	5	14	-13	11	LLLLDD
	22	Sunderland	16	2	5	9	11	27	1	2	5	5	15	1	3	4	6	12	-16	11	LLLDWL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
	1	Manchester United	17	9	5	3	26	12	6	2	1	14	4	3	3	2	12	8	14	32	WWWWLW	2-0
1	2	Swansea City	16	9	3	4	26	22	6	2	0	15	4	3	1	4	11	18	4	30	LDWLDW	1-0
1	3	Ipswich Town	15	9	2	4	27	19	6	1	1	15	8	3	1	3	12	11	8	29	LWWLLW	2-0
2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	15	9	1	5	25	17	4	0	4	13	11	5	1	1	12	6	8	28	WLWLWD	2-2
2	5	Southampton	16	8	3	5	29	23	6	0	1	19	7	2	3	4	10	16	6	27	DLWWDW	1-0
	6	West Ham United	15	6	8	1	32	20	4	3	0	18	11	2	5	1	14	9	12	26	LDWDWD	3-3
2	7	Nottingham Forest	16	7	5	4	21	20	5	2	1	11	6	2	3	3	10	14	1	26	DWDLWL	1-3
3	8	Arsenal	15	7	3	5	13	11	4	2	1	5	2	3	1	4	8	9	2	24	WLWWWW	1-0
1	9	Manchester City	15	6	4	5	20	17	4	3	1	14	5	2	1	4	6	12	3	22	LDWWWL	0-2
1	10	Liverpool	15	5	6	4	21	16	3	3	2	12	7	2	3	2	9	9	5	21	DLWWDL	0-1
1	11	Brighton and Hove Albion	16	4	9	3	20	17	2	5	1	15	11	2	4	2	5	6	3	21	WDDDDL	0-2
	12	Stoke City	17	6	2	9	22	26	4	0	4	13	10	2	2	5	9	16	-4	20	DLWWLL	0-2
2	13	Aston Villa	15	4	7	4	21	18	2	3	3	9	10	2	4	1	12	8	3	19	WWLLDW	3-1
	14	Coventry City	16	5	4	7	25	25	5	2	1	19	8	0	2	6	6	17	0	19	WLLLWD	1-1
2	15	Everton	16	5	4	7	19	22	4	1	2	11	7	1	3	5	8	15	-3	19	WLLLDL	0-1
1	16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	5	4	7	11	20	4	2	3	7	7	1	2	4	4	13	-9	19	LDWWDW	2-0
2	17	West Bromwich Albion	16	4	6	6	18	19	2	4	2	9	7	2	2	4	9	12	-1	18	DDWLDW	2-1
2	18	Notts County	16	4	5	7	23	29	3	4	1	13	12	1	1	6	10	17	-6	17	DLLDDD	2-2
1	19	Leeds United	16	4	4	8	16	31	4	4	0	13	6	0	0	8	3	25	-15	16	WWLWLD	3-3
2	20	Birmingham City	15	3	6	6	21	22	3	3	1	17	12	0	3	5	4	10	-1	15	DLDDLL	0-1
	21	Middlesbrough	17	2	6	9	16	29	2	3	3	10	14	0	3	6	6	15	-13	12	LLLDDD	1-1
	22	Sunderland	17	2	5	10	12	29	1	2	6	6	17	1	3	4	6	12	-17	11	LLDWLL	1-2

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