Game #3748
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 March 1983
Aston Villa
4-0
Coventry City
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,509
Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 38' | Des Bremner | 70' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 March 1983
⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe
⚽ | 38' Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 70' Goal, 4-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
🔁 | 87' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Coventry City
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Dissent
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, put aside their European disappointment to hammer Coventry and make it sixteen wins, three draws and twelve losses in thirty one League games this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #46
League Match: #31
Manager Game: #71
Saturday, 19 March 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 71 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 11 🟥 25 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.65 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 31.57 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 18.81 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |
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Coventry City
GK Les Sealey | 🏴 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 |
W Steve Whitton | 🏴 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴 |
CF Mark Hateley | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 87' |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 | (F Keith Thompson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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