Game #3755
Aston Villa
Saturday, 23 April 1983
Lost
4th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 21,822
West Ham United
Upton Park
Below par Villa lose at West Ham to fall back to fourth place with four games remaining.
West Ham United
2-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 April 1983
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ray Walker
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Dave Swindlehurst
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), Billy Bonds
🕒 | FT West Ham United 2-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Alan Curbishley, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the fifteenth time this season and make it nineteen wins, four draws and fifteen losses in thirty eight League games this season. Meanwhile, Ray Walker made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from school football in July 1979.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
West Ham United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #53
League Match: #38
Manager Game: #78
Saturday, 23 April 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 78 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 12 🟥 28 | 1.62
Career Form:
Top 6
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Previous 5:
Last Match: 🟩 30 October 1982, Villa 4-0 Tottenham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
Clive Thomas
CARDS
Villa
🟨
West Ham United
None
TEAM NEWS
Ray Walker (debut) replaces Dennis Mortimer.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.12 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 31.67 |
Youngest Player |
M Ray Walker | 🏴 | 19.58 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
John Lyall | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
West Ham United
GK Phil Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴 |
RB Ray Stewart | 🏴 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Alan Dickens | 🏴 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W François Van der Elst | 🇧🇪 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Goddard | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Frank Lampard | 🏴 | (CB Neil Orr | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
RB Mark Jones | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 M Ray Walker | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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