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Game #3690

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 7 April 1982

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Won

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

European Cup

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Villa Park

Attendance: 38,539

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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R.S.C. Anderlecht

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 27' |

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 7 April 1982

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 RSC Anderlecht
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 RSC Anderlecht

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 7 April 1982

  • Villa face R.S.C. Anderlecht for the first time in competitive football, Anderlecht become the 121st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s ninth continental European opponents and their second from Belgium following Royal Antwerp in 1975-76.

  • Tony Barton's Villa win at home to Anderlecht courtesy of Tony Morley's second goal in three games and take a crucial lead into the European Cup semi final second leg at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. Barton had now led Villa for thirteen games and delivered six wins, four draws and three defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been fifteen wins, eight draws and twelve losses.

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

R.S.C. Anderlecht

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Belgian First Division Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
Belgian Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Aston Villa

R.S.C. Anderlecht

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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R.S.C. Anderlecht

Previous 5 vs. Anderlecht: None

R.S.C. Anderlecht

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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R.S.C. Anderlecht

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #49 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Wednesday, 7 April 1982

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🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Rolf Eriksson | 🇸🇪 | Stockholm, 1975-1986
Kick off: 7.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 13 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Rolf Eriksson | 🇸🇪 | Stockholm, 1975-1986
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Des Bremner replaces Pat Heard.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.29 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.18 |

Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.39 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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 Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Tomislav Ivić | 🇭🇷 |

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R.S.C. Anderlecht

GK Jacky Munaron | 🇧🇪 |
LB Michel Renquin | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
LB Michel De Groote | 🇧🇪 |
CB Hugo Broos | 🇧🇪 |
CB Luca Peruzović | 🇭🇷 |
CB Walter De Greef | 🇧🇪 |
M Frank Vercauteren | 🇧🇪 |
M Juan Lozano | 🇪🇸 |
M Ludo Coeck | 🇧🇪 |
M Bert Cluytens | 🇧🇪 |
W Pétur Pétursson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Michel Renquin | 🇧🇪 | (F Micun Jovanić | 🇭🇷 |)
🔁 | W Pétur Pétursson | 🇮🇸 | (CF Willy Geurts | 🇧🇪 |)

Substitutes

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🇧🇪 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🇧🇪 : 9/13

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“They [Anderlecht] competed better than we did in midfield where we were not at our best. “I’m delighted we won and I now feel confident we can go to Belgium in a fortnight and clinch our place in the final. “Although I would have liked another goal, I’ve got to be happy with the lead. “We are not ninety minutes from the final, and we are in front. “We also have the chance of an away goal, which is something Anderlecht can’t get. “I would rather be in our position than theirs.” Tony Barton generously credits a woefully defensive Anderlecht. “We face a hell of a task in Brussels. “Although they spent so much time defending you could see just how much talent they have. “Obviously, I still believe we can do it, but it is going to take a much better performance than tonight’s.” Gary Shaw.
Quotes

🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟩 7 April 1982, Villa 1-0 Anderlecht, Villa Park.

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