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Game #3696

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 28 April 1982

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Lost

12th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Leeds United

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,566

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

Aston Villa (Champions)

1-4

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Leeds United

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🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 28 April 1982

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Arthur Graham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 1-2, (Leeds United), Frank Worthington
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 1-3, (Leeds United), Frank Worthington
🔁 | 60' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Mark Walters 🟢
🥅 | 63' Goal, 1-4, (Leeds United), Terry Connor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Leeds United

🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 28 April 1982

Reigning Champions Villa lose for the first time in eight games to make it seven Division One wins, four draws and three defeats under Tony Barton. In total Barton had now led Villa for nineteen games and delivered nine wins, six draws and four defeats since taking over from Ron Saunders whose record over 35 games in 1981-82 had been fifteen wins, eight draws and twelve losses. Villa’s unsuccessful title defence now consisted of thirteen wins, eleven draws and thirteen defeats after 37 games. Meanwhile, Mark Walters made his Villa debut aged 17 after joining from school football in June 1980.

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leeds United

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League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1973–74

Aston Villa

Leeds United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leeds United

Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #55 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Wednesday, 28 April 1982

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🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
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

🕒 19 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 6 🟥 4 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨

None

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Geddis, Andy Blair and Brendan Ormsby replace Allan Evans, Dennis Mortimer and Gary Shaw.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.62 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.24 |

Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.38 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Allan Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leeds United

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Trevor Cherry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Frank Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Hird | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Flynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Peter Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Arthur Graham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Eddie Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Terry Connor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Frank Worthington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Martin Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, 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

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

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MATCH VIDEO

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