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Game #3729

Aston Villa

Monday, 27 December 1982

Lost

6th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 43,864

Birmingham City

St Andrew's

Birmingham City

3-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa suffer a scarcely believable defeat to their neighbours as former Villa reserve scores for Birmingham. Villa slump to 6th in the table as their victorious opponents prop up the foot of the table.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 27 December 1982

🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Noel Blake
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-2, (Birmingham City), Ian Handysides
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-3, (Birmingham City), Mick Ferguson
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 3-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Tackle
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the ninth time this season as they suffer a shock defeat to lowly neighbours Birmingham to make it ten wins, a draw and nine losses in twenty League games this season.

It's a good day for Villa reject Noel Blake however who scores bottom of the table Blues' first goal to reach the pinnacle of his career just three months after being jettisoned by the European Champions following four appearances for the club.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Rimmer made his final appearance for Villa aged 34 before moving on to Swansea City in August 1983. Rimmer played for Villa between 1977-78 and 1982-83 making 259 appearances and won the League title and European Cup as he cemented his reputation as one of the most legendary goalkeepers in the club's history.

Aston Villa

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

Birmingham City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

FIXTURE HISTORY

Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #27
League Match: #20
Manager Game: #52
Monday, 27 December 1982

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Half Time Score: 0-1
Full Time Result: Lost
Full Time Score: 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 9 🟥 18 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Birmingham City

🟨 🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.24 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.90 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.58 |

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK David Coles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB David Langan | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ian Handysides | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Jim Hagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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

🔴 GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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