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Game #3712

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 October 1982

West Brom

1-0

Aston Villa

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

The Hawthorns

Attendance: 25,300

Lost

9th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Typical Albion boo their own player when Nicky Cross is announced as the injured Cyrille Regis' replacement only for the striker to score the only goal of the game and condemn Villa to a first defeat in seven.

KEY MAN

Tony Barton, sees Villa lose for the first time in seven, Saturday, 2 October 1982.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 October 1982

🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68' Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Nicky Cross
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the second successive match and the fourth time this season make it four wins and four losses in eight League games this season.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

West Bromwich Albion

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #10
League Match: #8
Manager Game: #35
Saturday, 2 October 1982

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 8 🟥 10 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1976-1990
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 18 October 1980, Villa 3-0 Tottenham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.89 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.67 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.88 |

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ron Wylie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Mark Grew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Jol | 🇳🇱 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Romeo Zondervan | 🇳🇱 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Nicky Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Peter Eastoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F David Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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