Game #3690
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 7 April 1982
Won
Semi Final
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
European Cup
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Villa Park
Attendance: 38,539
Aston Villa
1-0
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 27' |
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 7 April 1982
โฝ | 27โ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Gordon Cowans
๐ | HT Aston Villa 1-0 RSC Anderlecht
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-0 RSC Anderlecht
Not recorded
ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 7 April 1982
Villa face R.S.C. Anderlecht for the first time in competitive football, Anderlecht become the 121st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villaโs ninth continental European opponents and their second from Belgium following Royal Antwerp in 1975-76.
Tony Barton's Villa win at home to Anderlecht courtesy of Tony Morley's second goal in three games and take a crucial lead into the European Cup semi final second leg at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. Barton had now led Villa for thirteen games and delivered six wins, four draws and three defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been fifteen wins, eight draws and twelve losses.
Aston Villa
UEFA Cup Winners Cup Winners: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1980-81
R.S.C. Anderlecht
UEFA Cup Winners Cup Winners: ๐๐
Belgian First Division Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
Belgian Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Aston Villa
R.S.C. Anderlecht
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #49 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Wednesday, 7 April 1982
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Rolf Eriksson | ๐ธ๐ช | Stockholm, 1975-1986
Kick off: 7.30pm
HT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ฉ 1-0
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
๐ 13 | ๐ฉ | 6 ๐จ | 4 ๐ฅ 3 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rolf Eriksson | ๐ธ๐ช | Stockholm, 1975-1986
Matches Officiated: 1
๐ฉ : 1
๐จ : 0
๐ฅ : 0
๐ : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
CARDS
None
None
TEAM NEWS
Des Bremner replaces Pat Heard.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.29 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 34.18 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.39 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984
Aston Villa
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 |
M Des Bremner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
W Tony Morley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
MANAGER
Tomislav Iviฤ | ๐ญ๐ท |
R.S.C. Anderlecht
GK Jacky Munaron | ๐ง๐ช |
LB Michel Renquin | ๐ง๐ช | ๐ |
LB Michel De Groote | ๐ง๐ช |
CB Hugo Broos | ๐ง๐ช |
CB Luca Peruzoviฤ | ๐ญ๐ท |
CB Walter De Greef | ๐ง๐ช |
M Frank Vercauteren | ๐ง๐ช |
M Juan Lozano | ๐ช๐ธ |
M Ludo Coeck | ๐ง๐ช |
M Bert Cluytens | ๐ง๐ช |
W Pรฉtur Pรฉtursson | ๐ฎ๐ธ | ๐ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | LB Michel Renquin | ๐ง๐ช | (F Micun Jovaniฤ | ๐ญ๐ท |)
๐ | W Pรฉtur Pรฉtursson | ๐ฎ๐ธ | (CF Willy Geurts | ๐ง๐ช |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not recorded
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
โ
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Halfโจ
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
โ
Match Symbols:
โ
โฝ | Goal
๐ฅ | Assist
๐ | Substitution
๐จ | Booking
๐ฅ | Sending off
๐ | Poor refereeing performance
๐ข : Debut ๐ด : Final Game
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
Game | Start | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK Jimmy Rimmer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | |
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ง : 11/11
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation ๐ง๐ช : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation ๐ง๐ช : 9/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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