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Game #3744

Saturday, 5 March 1983

Attendance: 18,624

Won

Division One

5th (-)

Norwich City

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Villa beat Norwich, despite a European hangover, to remain 5th in the first division table under Tony Barton.

Aston Villa

3-2

Norwich City

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 23' | Peter Withe | 53' | Colin Gibson | 79' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 19’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Dave Bennett
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-2, (Norwich City), Dennis Van Wyk
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-2, Eamonn Deacy, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 3-2, Gary Shaw, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Norwich City

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, stop a run of two defeats to beat Norwich at Villa Park and make it fourteen wins, three draws and twelve losses in twenty nine League games this season.

Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

FIXTURE HISTORY

Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #42
League Match: #29
Manager Game: #67
Saturday, 5 March 1983

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Norwich City

None

Joe Worrall

TEAM NEWS

Allan Evans, Mark Walters and Eamonn Deacy replace Gary Williams, Tony Morley and Andy Blair.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.81 |

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

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.77 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

Norwich City

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis van Wijk | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
LB Richard Symonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Haylock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Barham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Dave Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"I thought they were sharper and stronger than us.”

Tony Barton.