Game #3699
Aston Villa
Saturday, 8 May 1982


Won
11th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
Division One
West Bromwich Albion
The Hawthorns
Attendance: 19,615
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
West Brom
0-1

Aston Villa (Champions)

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 89' |
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 May 1982
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Aston Villa
🟥 | 75' Sending off, (West Bromwich Albion), Cyrille Regis
⚽ | 89' Goal, 1-0, Pat Heard, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Jimmy Rimmer, Deliberate handball
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 May 1982
Pat Heard is the hero at the Hawthorns as he secures victory for reigning champions and European Cup finalists Villa whilst Cyrille Regis is sent off for Albion after a tussle with Ken McNaught.
Reigning Champions Villa win for the first time in four League games and make it eight Division One wins, five draws and four defeats under Tony Barton.
In total Barton had now led Villa for twenty two games and delivered ten wins, seven draws and five 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 fourteen wins, twelve draws and fourteen defeats after 40 games.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
West Bromwich Albion


League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #58 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 8 May 1982
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🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 22 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 7 🟥 5 | 1.68
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 29 August 1981, Villa 0-1 Notts County, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Pat Heard replaces Tony Morley.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.87 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 34.26 |
Youngest Player |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 20.47 |
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984

Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ronnie Allen | 🏴 |

West Bromwich Albion
GK Tony Godden | 🏴 |
RB Brendon Batson | 🏴 |
D John Wile | 🏴 |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴 |
M Romeo Zondervan | 🇳🇱 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴 |
F Derek Monaghan | 🏴 |
CF Alistair Brown | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 | 🟥 |
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

LB Barry Cowdrill | 🏴 |
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
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
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UNUSED
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.


MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 8 May 1982, Villa 1-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

