Game #3757
Aston Villa
Monday, 2 May 1983
Lost
4th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 9,173
Swansea City
Vetch Field
Swansea City
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Allan Evans
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa are surprisingly beaten at relegation threatened Swansea - their third defeat in five division one games - to fall back to joint fourth in the table with two games left to play - against champions Liverpool and mid-table Arsenal.
KEY MAN
Tony Barton, Villa lose for the third time in five first division games as they fall back to fourth in the table with two to play, Monday, 2 May 1983.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 2 May 1983
🥅 | 10' Goal, 0-1, (Swansea City), Colin Pascoe
⚽ | Goal, 1-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Allan Evans
🕒 | HT Swansea City 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50' Goal, 1-2, (Swansea City), Darren Gale
🕒 | FT Swansea City 2-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, lose to relegation threatened Swansea and make it twenty wins, four draws and sixteen losses in forty League games this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Swansea City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Swansea City
Previous 5 vs. Swansea: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #55
League Match: #40
Manager Game: #80
Monday, 2 May 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴 | Oxford, 1979-1990
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 80 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 12 🟥 29 | 1.61
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Swansea City
None
TEAM NEWS
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |
Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 31.09 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 18.93 |
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
John Toshack | 🏴 |
Swansea City
GK Chris Sander | 🏴 |
D Gary Richards | 🏴 |
D Dudley Lewis | 🏴 |
M Gary Stanley | 🏴 |
M Colin Pascoe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Chris Marustik | 🏴 |
M Ray Kennedy | 🏴 |
M Robbie James | 🏴 |
CF Jeremy Charles | 🏴 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴 |
CF Darren Gale | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
D Nigel Stevenson | 🏴 |
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 Reported
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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