Game #3752
Monday, 4 April 1983
Attendance: 40,897
Won
Division One
4th (-)
Birmingham City
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Villa Park
Gary Shaw scores one of the most spell bounding goals of his career as fourth placed Villa beat relegation threatened Birmingham at Villa Park.
Aston Villa
1-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 83' |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🔁 | 74' Sub off, Des Bremner, Sub on, Alan Curbishley
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, beat neighbours Birmingham to make it eighteen wins, four draws and thirteen losses in thirty five League games this season. Meanwhile, Alan Curbishley made his Villa debut aged 25 against the club from whom he had moved in March as part of the swap deal with midfielder Robert Hopkins.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #50
League Match: #35
Manager Game: #75
Monday, 4 April 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1977-1992 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Birmingham City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.69 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 31.62 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 18.85 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Birmingham City
GK Tony Coton | 🏴 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴 |
CB Jim Hagan | 🏴 |
CB Noel Blake (ex) | 🏴 |
M Mick Halsall | 🏴 |
M Robert Hopkins (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Howard Gayle | 🏴 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Des Bremner | 🏴 | 74' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Ian Handysides | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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