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Game #3715

Aston Villa

5-0-5, 15 PTS

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Saturday, 16 October 1982

9th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

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

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin J Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Colin Gibson (first start of the season) and Tony Morley replace Gary Williams and Pat Heard.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.99 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.70 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.92 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-0

🟩 16 Oct 1982, Villa 3-0 Watford, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 28' | Tony Morley | 58' | 89' |

Assist(s) | Des Bremner | 28' | Gordon Cowans | 89' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Watford
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Morley
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Watford

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #13
League Match: #10
Manager Game: #38
Saturday, 16 October 1982

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1979-1986
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1981-1983
Linesmen: R. B. Gifford; R. G. Groves

Referee: Allan Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Manchester, 1981-1983
🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 2 | 🟩 50% | 🟨 50% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 0
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 0.50 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟨 🟩

Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 3 | 🟩 W1 (33% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(33% ) | 🟥 L2 (67% ) | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 5 | GD -2

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 18 🟨 | 8 🟥 12 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Division One

Watford

5-2-3, 17 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 21,572

GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Patching | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ross Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | F Ross Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

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

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Steve Sherwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Steve Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Les Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Patching | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Wingers
W Nigel Callaghan (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F Ross Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

273

273

🔥

0

0

🟩

122

🟨

73

🟥

78

90

🥅

296

RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

0

1

🟩

5

🟨

1

🟥

5

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

204

201

🔥

27

7

🟩

89

🟨

58

🟥

57

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

217

217

🔥

10

7

🟩

96

🟨

60

🟥

61

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

159

159

🔥

9

6

🟩

76

🟨

40

🟥

43

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

113

109

🔥

2

4

🟩

57

🟨

24

🟥

32

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

311

311

🔥

28

59

🟩

144

🟨

86

🟥

81

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

280

265

🔥

41

40

🟩

128

🟨

71

🟥

81

W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

134

129

🔥

29

22

🟩

63

🟨

30

🟥

41

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

105

105

🔥

44

21

🟩

55

🟨

23

🟥

27

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

132

130

🔥

48

20

🟩

68

🟨

29

🟥

35

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 having been dropped by both Villa and England, returns to the side and gives Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Watford a torrid time ⚽ scoring a brace to secure Villa's 🟩 first win in five.

  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, reigning European Champions, make it 🟩 five wins and 🟥 five defeats in ten League games this season.

  • Winger Tony Morley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 134th appearance at a rate of one every 2.63 games.

What they Said

"I am the best left-sided player in England.”

Tony Morley.

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