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Game #3747

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 16 March 1983

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

Ken McNaught and Mark Walters replace Tony Morley and Eamonn Deacy.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.56 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.80 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

1-3

🟥 16 Mar 1983, Villa 1-3 Juventus, Stadio Comunale
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 80' |

Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 80' |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Juventus), Michel Platini
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-2, (Juventus), Marco Tardelli
🕒 | HT Juventus 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 0-3, (Juventus), Michel Platini
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-3, Peter Withe, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Juventus 3-1 Aston Villa

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #45
Manager Game: #70
Wednesday, 16 March 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Jan Keizer | 🇳🇱 | Volendam, 1981-1983
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3 (2-5)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Jan Keizer | 🇳🇱 | Volendam, 1981-1983

Previous 5 vs. Juventus: 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 W0 (0% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(0% ) | 🟥 L2 (100% ) | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 5 | GD -3

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 70 | 🟩 | 34 🟨 | 11 🟥 25 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

European Cup

Juventus

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Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo

Attendance: 66,000

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

🔁 | CB Sergio Brio | 🇮🇹 | (M Giuseppe Furino | 🇮🇹 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Luciano Bodini | 🇮🇹 |
CB Massimo Storgato | 🇮🇹 |
M Cesare Prandelli | 🇮🇹 |
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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

19*

🔥

0

0

🟩

10

🟨

2

🟥

8

7

🥅

23

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

135

130

🔥

0

4

🟩

58

🟨

33

🟥

44

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

248

248

🔥

12

9

🟩

112

🟨

63

🟥

73

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

234

231

🔥

28

8

🟩

105

🟨

61

🟥

68

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

133

128

🔥

3

7

🟩

67

🟨

26

🟥

40

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

188

188

🔥

9

7

🟩

90

🟨

43

🟥

55

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

339

339

🔥

28

62

🟩

157

🟨

89

🟥

93

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

312

297

🔥

49

47

🟩

144

🟨

74

🟥

94

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

13

🔥

3

0

🟩

9

🟨

1

🟥

11

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

162

160

🔥

63

20

🟩

83

🟨

32

🟥

47

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

133

133

🔥

55

25

🟩

70

🟨

26

🟥

37

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Holder’s Villa’s grip on the European Cup fails as three defensive errors gift three goals to Juventus 🇮🇹 in Turin to leave Villa beaten 2-5 on aggregate and out in the quarter finals. 

  • Nigel Spink 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, hero of Rotterdam, let Platini’s 🇫🇷 routine shot trickle over the line on 13’ 

  • It gets worse for the keeper as he is totally taken out of the game, needs Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to clear and Juve 🇮🇹 score from the resultant corner. 

  • 1-4 behind on aggregate at half time with twenty minutes to play Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is dispossessed on his own penalty spot for Platini 🇫🇷 to fire home his second.

  • Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 133rd appearance at a goal involvement rate of one every 13.30 games.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 goal is his ⚽ 🔥 80th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 133rd appearance at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.66 games.


What they Said

“I did not think we were disgraced for once In front, Juventus are marvellous team.

“They have skill, arrogance and are a top class team.

"You simply cannot be generous as we were with a team of that quality."

Tony Barton.

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