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Game #3744

Aston Villa

14-3-12, 45 PTS

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Saturday, 5 March 1983

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

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

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

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 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-2

🟩 5 Mar 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 23' | Eamonn Deacy | 53' | Gary Shaw | 79' |

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

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

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

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 30 | 🟩 W17 (57% ) | 🟨 D5 | 🇺(73% ) | 🟥 L8 (27% ) | ⚽ 54 | 🥅 38 | GD 16

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 67 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 11 🟥 23 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Division One

Norwich City

8-6-15, 30 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 18,624

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) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

None

Opposition Trophy Record

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

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

17

16*

🔥

0

0

🟩

9

🟨

2

🟥

6

6

🥅

18

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

24

16

🔥

1

1

🟩

13

🟨

5

🟥

6

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

231

228

🔥

28

8

🟩

104

🟨

61

🟥

66

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

246

246

🔥

12

9

🟩

111

🟨

63

🟥

72

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

130

125

🔥

3

6

🟩

66

🟨

26

🟥

38

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

185

185

🔥

9

6

🟩

89

🟨

43

🟥

53

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

336

336

🔥

28

62

🟩

156

🟨

89

🟥

91

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

309

294

🔥

49

46

🟩

143

🟨

74

🟥

92

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

18

11

🔥

3

0

🟩

8

🟨

1

🟥

9

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

159

157

🔥

62

20

🟩

82

🟨

32

🟥

45

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

130

130

🔥

53

25

🟩

69

🟨

26

🟥

35

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa beat Norwich, despite a European hangover, to remain 5th in the first division table under Tony Barton.

  • 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.

  • Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 scores his ⚽ only goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 24th appearance.

What they Said

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

Tony Barton.

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