Brighton And Hove Albion v Manchester City 1981/82

BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION 4 CITY 1

League Division 1

3rd October 1981

attendance 18,300

Scorers

City Reeves(77)

Brighton Robinson(58), Ritchie(65 & 72), Williams(68)

ref Clive White

City Corrigan. Ranson, McDonald, Reid, Bond, Caton, Tueart, O'Neill, Boyer, Hutchison, Reeves - sub Wilson(unused)

Brighton Moseley, Shanks, Williams, Grealish, Foster, Gatting, Case, Ritchie, Robinson, Smith, McNab - sub Steven(39)

KEVIN REEVES SCORES CITY'S GOAL

FROM THE PRESS BOX

JEFF HODGSON WRITING IN THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS FOOTBALL PINK FINAL 3RD OCTOBER 1981 Injury hit City held out for 58 minutes at Brighton before ex-Maine Road striker Mike Robinson grabbed the first goal. Then Andy Ritchie, the former United striker, moved in for the second seven minutes later. Gary Williams and Ritchie again made it a disastrous day for the Blues. And City's only consolation was a 77th minute goal from Kevin Reeves.