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Game #3682

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 27 February 1982

12th= (+3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |

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

🔁 | M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 72' |

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨 Peter Withe, Foul

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Mark Jones (debut) replaces Kenny Swain.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.30 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.07 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.28 |

  • Tony Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 extends Villa's unbeaten run to three League games and 🟩 two wins to climb to 12th in the table for the first time since October as Villa fly out for their quarter final European Cup tie in the Crimea.

  • Villa makes it 🟩 eight wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 ten defeats after 🕒 27 games of their title defence. 

  • Right back Mark Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 20 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 617th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th appearance in a Villa shirt.

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Won

2-1

🟩 27 Feb 1982, Villa 2-1 Coventry, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans (pen) | 5' | Gary Shaw | 19' |

Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 19' |

Match Timeline:

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Jones
🥅 | 2' Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Garry Thompson
⚽ | 5' Goal, 1-1, Gordon Cowans (pen)
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Coventry City
🟥 | 65’ Sending off, (Coventry City), Garry Thompson, Kick
🔁 | 72' Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Coventry City

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Foul

Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 27 February 1982

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Manager: Tony Barton (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Derek Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1979-1982
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Referee: Derek Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1979-1982

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Total 🕒 21 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 32 | 🥅 18 |
League 🕒 18 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 16 |
FA Cup 🕒 3 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 11 | 🟩 6 | 🟨 5 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 17 | 🥅 6 |
Away 🕒 10 | 🟩 5 | 🟨 3 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 15 | 🥅 12 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #617 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances:

None

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 5 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 2 🟥 1 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
240
🟩
106
🟨
4
240
🟨
67
🟥
0
0
🟥
67
0
🥅
75
258
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
1
🟨
0
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
77
🟩
31
🟨
4
73
🟨
24
🟥
0
0
🟥
22
1
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
185
🟩
80
🟨
9
185
🟨
54
🟥
1
7
🟥
51
7
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
179
🟩
75
🟨
22
177
🟨
55
🟥
3
24
🟥
49
7
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
283
🟩
129
🟨
11
283
🟨
81
🟥
1
24
🟥
73
55
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
103
🟩
48
🟨
0
99
🟨
24
🟥
1
21
🟥
31
18
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
105
🟩
55
🟨
0
103
🟨
23
🟥
0
42
🟥
27
16
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
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🟩
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🟥
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Player Profile
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
130
🟩
62
🟨
4
130
🟨
34
🟥
0
8
🟥
34
5
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
247
🟩
112
🟨
3
232
🟨
65
🟥
0
34
🟥
70
32
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
75
🟩
40
🟨
13
75
🟨
17
🟥
0
34
🟥
18
13
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
16
🟩
6
🟨
1
9
🟨
6
🟥
0
1
🟥
4
2
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
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🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Coventry City

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Villa Park

Attendance: 24,474

GK Jim Blyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim Hagan | 🇬🇧 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB David Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Bodak | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟥 |
CF Mark Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

D Steve Jacobs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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

"The doctor told me that if I want to play I can, because I won't do the shoulder any more harm.

“But he also said I would face a big pain barrier.

"I had treatment last night and today and I'll probably have more on the plane [to the Crimea]. With a painkilling injection I'm hopeful of getting through."

"His [Garry Thompson’s] foot didn't connect. I did the damage when I fell. I don't hold any grudges. We had both been dishing out some stick."

Allan Evans.



"The performance was a 'continuation of our improved confidence and ensures that the players are in the right frame of mind for the European Cup.

"It [Allan Evans’ shoulder] is badly bruised and very sore and tender. “

We started treatment on it on Saturday night and it will be a last minute decision whether he plays.

”The specialist says it will not do him any permanent damage if he does play and Allan himself is keen to have a go.

“He was back at the ground at 9 p.m. on Saturday night, making sure the physio could get started on it."

Tony Barton.

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