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Game #3685

Aston Villa

Saturday, 13 March 1982

Won

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Attendance: 26,790

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Villa Park

Villa beat Wolves at Villa Park to make it six unbeaten under Tony Barton as the boss continues to resolve issues simmering behind the scenes from Ron Saunders' time.

Aston Villa (Champions)

3-1

Wolves

Assist(s) | Gary Shaw | 26' | 35' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 13 March 1982

⚽ | 26' Goal, 1-0, Terry Donovan, Assist by Gary Shaw
⚽ | 35' Goal, 2-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Gary Shaw
🥅 | 42' Goal, 2-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Wayne Clarke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
⚽ | 85' Goal, 3-1, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

ON THIS DAY

Reigning Champions Villa remain unbeaten in the League under Tony Barton after six games having won three and drawn three and as a result make it nine wins, ten draws and ten defeats after 29 games of their title defence.

Aston Villa

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Previous 5 vs. Wolves: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Saturday, 13 March 1982

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 8 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 4 🟥 1 | 1.63

Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨

Dennis Hedges

CARDS

Villa

None

Wolverhampton Wanderers

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Allan Evans and Terry Donovan (first start in 15) replace Peter Withe and Andy Blair.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.63 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.11 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.32 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ian Greaves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Joe Gallagher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Bobby Coy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Geoffrey Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Rafael Villazán | 🇬🇷 | 🟨 |
M Willie Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Melvyn Eves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Wayne Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF John Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mick Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"I didn't know why the previous talks had broken down [between Ken McNaught and Ron Saunders over a new contract], but we know each other's feelings after our chat today. I think he is keen to stay with us and I am sure we can offer him as much, football-wise, as any other club.”

Tony Barton.

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