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Game #3687

Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 March 1982

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Lost

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Ipswich Town

Portman Road

Attendance: 20,407

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

Ipswich Town

3-1

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Aston Villa (Champions)

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Assist(s) | Pat Heard | 77' |

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 March 1982

🥅 | 25' Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), John Wark
🥅 | 45' Goal, 0-2, (Ipswich Town), Steve McCall
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 0-3, (Ipswich Town), Eric Gates
🔁 | 70' Sub off, Andy Blair, Sub on, Pat Heard
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 1-3, Ken McNaught, Assist by Pat Heard
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 March 1982

  • A weakened Villa side - without centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, midfielders Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - put in their first poor performance under Tony Barton 󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and are well beaten by title chasing Ipswich.

  • Reigning Champions Villa make it 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 ten draws and 🟥 eleven defeats after 🕒 30 games of their title defence.

  • Centre forward Terry Donovan 🇮🇪 24 makes his 🕒 25th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Burnley for £25,000 in February 1983. Donovan had made 🕒 15 appearances in 1979-80 ⚽ scoring 5 before returning to the team in 1981-82 for a further 🕒 10 games and ⚽ 6 goals to leave with a record of 🟩 W12 🟨 D6 🟥 L7, ⚽ 11 Goals and 🔥 3 Assists.

  • Left back Pat Heard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 10th appearance in a Villa shirt and his first in 22 months and first in 92 games as he contributes his 🔥 first assist for the club.

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1979-82 🕒 25 | ✅ 25 🔁 (0) | ⚽ 11 | 🔥 3 | 🇺 4 | #610 |

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Ipswich Town

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UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81

FIXTURE HISTORY

Ipswich Town

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Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Saturday, 20 March 1982

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🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton (Caretaker) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1973-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 4 🟥 2 | 1.60

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1973-1986 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
🆘: Ipswich's second goal on the stroke of half time involved two players clearly and demonstrably offside.
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 March 1978, Villa 3-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Blair, Terry Donovan and Terry Bullivant replace Des Bremner, Dennis Mortimer and Peter Withe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.58 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.13 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.34 |

Referee

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |

MANAGER

Bobby Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Laurie Sivell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Steggles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Arnold Mühren | 🇳🇱 |
M Steve McCall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Brazil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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D Irvin Gernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH QUOTES

"Ipswich are a good side. "They have quality players and if you are foolish enough to do what we did—allow them to play - they will murder you.” Jimmy Rimmer. “[It was] the worst [performance] since I took over. "We can't complain about the result. ”We were second-best all through.” Tony Barton.
Quotes

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 20 Mar 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road

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