Game #3756
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 April 1983
Won
3rd= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 20,944
Stoke
Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Stoke City
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 53' | 85' | Dennis Mortimer | 43' | 75' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa hammer Stoke to climb back to joint third in the table with three games to play of the first division season.
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 April 1983
⚽ | 43' Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Stoke City
🔁 | Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Des Bremner
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, make it twenty wins, four draws and fifteen losses in thirty nine League games this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Stoke
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
FIXTURE HISTORY
Stoke
Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #54
League Match: #39
Manager Game: #79
Saturday, 30 April 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 79 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 12 🟥 28 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Colin Downey
CARDS
Villa
None
Stoke
None
TEAM NEWS
Dennis Mortimer and Mark Walters replace Peter Withe and Ray Walker.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |
Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 31.09 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 18.92 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Richie Barker | 🏴 |
Stoke
GK Peter Fox | 🏴 |
D David McAughtrie | 🏴 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
M Peter Griffiths | 🏴 |
M Paul Maguire | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴 |
M Mark Chamberlain | 🏴 |
CF Ian Painter | 🏴 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Des Bremner | 🏴 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Maguire | 🏴 | (LB Peter Hampton | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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