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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 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

Aston Villa (Champions)

1-4

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Leeds United

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🟥 28 Apr 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

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

🟥 28 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 28 April 1982

  • Villa suffer a shock 🟥 defeat - their first in eight under Tony Barton - to surprise opponents - a Leeds side languishing in the relegation zone as they conceded four in 21 minutes to leave the reigning champions 12th in the first division table. 

  • Reigning Champions Villa 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. 

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 17 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after being promoted from the Youth Team to become the 618th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 28 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #618 | Youth team promotion

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

Leeds United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leeds United

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Previous 5 vs. Leeds: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

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

🟥 28 Apr 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 Apr 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
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 19 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 6 🟥 4 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

🟥 28 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Ken McNaught, Dissent
🟨 Gary Williams, Foul

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

🟥 28 Apr 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

🟥 28 Apr 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 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 28 Apr 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

Squad Bios

🟥 28 Apr 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 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 28 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 28 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 28 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 28 Apr 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park

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