Game #3743
Aston Villa

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

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
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

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
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 66 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 11 🟥 23 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6

European Cup
Juventus

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 | 🇮🇹 |

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
Starting XI
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.