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Game #3693

Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 April 1982

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Won

11th= (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Middlesbrough

Villa Park

Attendance: 21,098

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

Aston Villa (Champions)

1-0

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Middlesbrough

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 27' |

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 April 1982

⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough

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

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 17 April 1982

  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa snatch a 🟩 fifth successive win in all competitions in a perfect warm up for their European Cup semi final in Belgium 🇧🇪 as they climb to 11th in the table -  their highest position since October.

  • Barton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 had now led Villa for 🕒 sixteen games and delivered 🟩 nine wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 three defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Saunders' record over 🕒 35 games had been 🟩 fifteen wins, 🟨 eight draws and 🟥 twelve defeats.

  • Centre forward David Geddis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 50th 🕒 appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

Aston Villa

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

Middlesbrough

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Middlesbrough

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Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #52 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 17 April 1982

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🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1981–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 16 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.94

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1981–1993
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
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

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Blair and Pat Heard replace Des Bremner and Dennis Mortimer.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.27 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.21 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.35 |

Referee

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Bobby Murdoch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Middlesbrough

GK Jim Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Irving Nattrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Baxter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony McAndrew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Heini Otto | 🇳🇱 |
M Dave Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Joe Bolton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Garry MacDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Terry Bullivant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 17 Apr 1982, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park

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