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Game #3725

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 December 1982

Won

2nd= (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

Attendance: 24,658

Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-0

West Ham United

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa go joint second with Manchester United, three points behind leaders Liverpool as they win for the sixth time in seven unbeaten games in all competitions under Tony Barton as Gordon Cowans hits a late winner from the spot.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 December 1982

🔁 | 20’ Sub off, Dennis Mortimer, Sub on, Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans (pen)
🟥 | Sending off, (West Ham United), Ray Stewart
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham United

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, win for a fourth successive game to make it ten wins, a draw and six losses in seventeen League games this season.

Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #23
League Match: #17
Manager Game: #48
Saturday, 4 December 1982

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1974-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 0-0
FT Result: Won
FT Score: 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 48 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 9 🟥 14 | 1.75

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1974-1985
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 15 November 1980, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

West Ham United

🟥

TEAM NEWS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.07 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.84 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.05 |

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

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Paul Brush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Ray Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W François Van der Elst | 🇧🇪 |
CF Sandy Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Paul Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB George Cowie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

MATCH QUOTES

“We might have had a penalty in the first half and after the break Parkes pulled off some amazing saves to deny us the we got the opportunities. Tony Barton.

MATCH REPORT

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