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Game #3743

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 2 March 1983

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 40' |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Eamonn Deacy (2)

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

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Peter Withe and Des Bremner replace Mark Walters and Allan Evans.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.20 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.53 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.29 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

1-2

🟥 2 Mar 1983, Villa 1-2 Juventus, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 53' |

Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 53' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Juventus), Paulo Rossi, 40 Seconds
🔁 | 40’ Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Juventus
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-1, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Colin Gibson
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Eamonn Deacy
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-2, (Juventus), Zbigniew Boniek
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Juventus

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #41
European Match: #5
Manager Game: #66
Wednesday, 2 March 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Walter Eschweiler | 🇩🇪 | Bonn, 1982-1983
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Walter Eschweiler | 🇩🇪 | Bonn, 1982-1983

Previous 5 vs. Juventus: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W0 (0% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(0% ) | 🟥 L1 (100% ) | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 | GD -1

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 66 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 11 🟥 23 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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European Cup

Juventus

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Villa Park

Attendance: 45,531

GK Dino Zoff | 🇮🇹 |
RB Claudio Gentile | 🇮🇹 |
CB Gaetano Scirea | 🇮🇹 |
CB Sergio Brio | 🇮🇹 |
LB Antonio Cabrini | 🇮🇹 |
M Marco Tardelli | 🇮🇹 |
M Michel Platini | 🇫🇷 |
M Massimo Bonini | 🇸🇲 |
M Zbigniew Boniek | 🇵🇱 | ⚽ |
CF Roberto Bettega | 🇮🇹 |
CF Paolo Rossi | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ |

Giovanni Trapattoni | 🇮🇹 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

GK Luciano Bodini | 🇮🇹 |
CB Massimo Storgato | 🇮🇹 |
M Cesare Prandelli | 🇮🇹 |
M Giuseppe Furino | 🇮🇹 |
W Domenico Marocchino | 🇮🇹 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League Winners: 🏆
Serie A Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Coppa Italia Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

16

15*

🔥

0

0

🟩

8

🟨

2

🟥

6

6

🥅

16

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

133

128

🔥

0

4

🟩

58

🟨

33

🟥

42

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

245

245

🔥

12

9

🟩

110

🟨

63

🟥

72

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

124

🔥

3

5

🟩

65

🟨

26

🟥

38

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

184

184

🔥

9

6

🟩

88

🟨

43

🟥

53

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

335

335

🔥

28

62

🟩

155

🟨

89

🟥

91

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

36

23

🔥

1

5

🟩

16

🟨

9

🟥

11

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

308

293

🔥

49

45

🟩

142

🟨

74

🟥

92

W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

159

153

🔥

32

29

🟩

77

🟨

33

🟥

49

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

129

🔥

52

24

🟩

68

🟨

26

🟥

35

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

158

156

🔥

61

20

🟩

81

🟨

32

🟥

45

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

23

🔁

15

🔥

0

1

Sub 1

🟩

12

🟨

5

🟥

6

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa, reigning European Champions, concede the advantage in the European Cup 3rd Round as Juventus 🇮🇹 win at Villa Park with two away goals.

  • Villa concede after 40 seconds but fight back against an outstanding Juventus side to equalise through Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 but the Italians 🇮🇹 hit a late winner to leave Villa with it all to do in Turin.

  • Villa face Juventus 🇮🇹 for the first time in competitive football, Juventus become the 126th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 13th continental European opponents and their first from Italy 🇮🇹.

  • Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 makes his 🕒 twenty third appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in four months.

What they Said

“We’ll give it a go [scoring at least two against one of the best defences in the world] because you can’t disregard any possibility in football.

“But I’m obviously disappointed.

“We were caught sleeping for both goals, and against a team of this calibre you can’t afford to lose concentration for a second.

Tony Barton.

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