Game #3748
Aston Villa
16-3-12, 51 PTS

Saturday, 19 March 1983
4th (-)
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

Substitutes
🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 87' |
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Allan Evans, Dissent (28)
⭐ Club Record
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
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 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
4-0
🟩 19 Mar 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 24' | Peter Withe | 29' | 70' | Allan Evans | 38' |
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 38' | Des Bremner | 70' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 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
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #46
League Match: #31
Manager Game: #71
Saturday, 19 March 1983
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1972-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴 | Salisbury, 1972-1984
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 71 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 11 🟥 25 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6

Division One
Coventry City
12-7-12, 43 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,509
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 | 🏴 |
Dave Sexton | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 | (F Keith Thompson | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨
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: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa recover from their European exit to hammer Coventry at Villa Park as Tony Barton's side remain 4th in the first division table with eleven games of the season left.
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.
What they Said

