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Game #3755

Aston Villa

19-4-15, 61 PTS

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Saturday, 23 April 1983

4th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Alan Curbishley, Foul (1)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

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 |

Debut Appearances

🟢 M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #620 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-2

🟥 23 Apr 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 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

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #53
League Match: #38
Manager Game: #78
Saturday, 23 April 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1968–1983
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1968–1983

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 53 | 🟩 W18 (34% ) | 🟨 D10 | 🇺(53% ) | 🟥 L25 (47% ) | ⚽ 96 | 🥅 106 | GD -10

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 12 🟥 28 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Division One

West Ham United

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Upton Park

Attendance: 21,822

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Neil Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

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 Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

28

27*

🔥

0

0

🟩

14

🟨

3

🟥

11

11

🥅

30

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

143

138

🔥

0

4

🟩

62

🟨

34

🟥

47

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

256

256

🔥

12

9

🟩

116

🟨

64

🟥

76

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

242

239

🔥

29

8

🟩

109

🟨

62

🟥

71

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

141

136

🔥

3

7

🟩

71

🟨

27

🟥

43

M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

0

🟨

0

🟥

1

M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

0

🟥

1

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

320

305

🔥

49

48

🟩

148

🟨

75

🟥

97

W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

164

156

🔥

32

29

🟩

79

🟨

33

🟥

52

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

141

141

🔥

58

27

🟩

74

🟨

27

🟥

40

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

170

168

🔥

67

20

🟩

87

🟨

33

🟥

50

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Below par Villa 🟥 lose at West Ham to fall back to fourth place with four games remaining.

  • 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. 

  • Midfeilder Ray Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 620th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

What they Said

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