๐ฅ 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road
Scorer(s) | Ken McNaught | 77' |
Assist(s) | Pat Heard | 77' |
Fixture List
On This Day
Saturday, 20 March 1982
A weakened Villa side - without centre forward Peter Withe ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, midfielders Dennis Mortimer ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ and Des Bremner ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ - put in their first poor performance under Tony Barton ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ and are well beaten by title chasing Ipswich.
Reigning Champions Villa make it ๐ฉ nine wins, ๐จ ten draws and ๐ฅ eleven defeats after ๐ 30 games of their title defence.
Centre forward Terry Donovan ๐ฎ๐ช 24 makes his ๐ 25th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Burnley for ยฃ25,000 in February 1983. Donovan had made ๐ 15 appearances in 1979-80 โฝ scoring 5 before returning to the team in 1981-82 for a further ๐ 10 games and โฝ 6 goals to leave with a record of ๐ฉ W12 ๐จ D6 ๐ฅ L7, โฝ 11 Goals and ๐ฅ 3 Assists.
Left back Pat Heard ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his ๐ 10th appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in 22 months and first in 92 games as he contributes his ๐ฅ first assist for the club.
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984
๐ 10 | ๐ฉ | 4 ๐จ | 4 ๐ฅ 2 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Game #3687
Match Record
Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 20 March 1982
Game Record
Manager: Tony Barton (Caretaker) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Alan Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Portsmouth, 1974-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-2
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-3
Last 5: ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
Total ๐ 29 | ๐ฉ W7 (24% ) | ๐จ D8 | ๐บ(52% ) | ๐ฅ L14 (48% ) | โฝ 43 | ๐ฅ 44 | GD -1
Trophy Cabinet
Aston Villa
UEFA Cup / Europa League: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Ipswich Town
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ๐
League Champions: ๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐
League Cup Winners: โ
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
๐ด CF Terry Donovan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1979-82 ๐ 25 | โ 25 ๐ (0) | โฝ 11 | ๐ฅ 3 | ๐บ 4 | #610 |
Match Timeline
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| 25' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), John Wark
๐ฅ
| 45' Goal, 0-2, (Ipswich Town), Steve McCall
๐ | HT Ipswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa
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| 69โ Goal, 0-3, (Ipswich Town), Eric Gates
๐ | 70' Sub off, Andy Blair, Sub on, Pat Heard
โฝ | 77โ Goal, 1-3, Ken McNaught, Assist by Pat Heard
๐ | FT Ipswich Town 3-1 Aston Villa
Officials
Referee: Alan Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Portsmouth, 1974-1986
Officials
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Officials
Villa Bookings
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Villa Sendings Off
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Opposition Sendings Off
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Match Stats
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Line Up & Subs
Aston Villa
Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kenny Swain | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Gary Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Ken McNaught | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Terry Bullivant | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Andy Blair | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Morley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Terry Donovan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ด |
Substitutes
๐ | LB Pat Heard | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | for M Andy Blair | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 70' |
Unused Substitutes
None
Ipswich Town
Bobby Robson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
GK Laurie Sivell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kevin Steggles | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB George Burley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Russell Osman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Mick Mills | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Arnold Mรผhren | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
M Steve McCall | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M John Wark | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Kevin O'Callaghan | ๐ฎ๐ช |
F Eric Gates | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Alan Brazil | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
D Irvin Gernon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Aston Villa
Not recorded
Andy Blair, Terry Donovan and Terry Bullivant replace Des Bremner, Dennis Mortimer and Peter Withe.
Ipswich Town
Not Recorded
Matchday Squads
Aston Villa
Ipswich Town
Match Media

What they Said
"Ipswich are a good side.
"They have quality players and if you are foolish enough to do what we didโallow them to play - they will murder you.โ
Jimmy Rimmer.
โ[It was] the worst [performance] since I took over.
"We can't complain about the result.
โWe were second-best all through.โ
Tony Barton.
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