Game #3701
Aston Villa
Friday, 21 May 1982
Won
11th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Swansea City
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,294
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
3-0
Swansea City
Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 38' | Dennis Mortimer | 44' | Kenny Swain | 63' |
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 21 May 1982
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 44' Goal, 2-0, Des Bremner, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Swansea City
⚽ | 63' Goal, 3-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Kenny Swain
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Swansea City
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Friday, 21 May 1982
Villa win their final League game of the season to make it nine Division One wins, five draws and five defeats under his Tony Barton.
In total Barton had now led Villa for twenty four games and delivered eleven wins, seven draws and six 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 had consisted of fifteen wins, twelve draws and fifteen defeats across the 42 game season.
In truth, Villa’s inability to win or hold onto a lead under Saunders over the opening months of the season set the tone for the campaign. Those draws would turn to defeats more often and despite a regular pattern of wins, Villa, under Saunders, sat nearer the relegation places than the title in what was proving to be one of the weakest ever title defences.
Ron Saunders’ departure, whilst unexpected given what had gone before, was perhaps not surprising given the context of the situation as background acrimony and a downturn in form combined to leave a manager questioning where further he could, or wanted, to take Villa.
Happily, Tony Barton’s arrival as Villa boss, after stepping up from his role as Saunders’ assistant, paid almost immediate dividends and though losses and draws were still in evidence, the wins, and goals began to flow again.
Saunders’ win rate of 43% was comparable to Barton’s 48%, but it was the loss rate that was the real differentiator as Saunders’ Villa lost one in three compared to Barton’s one in four.
Ultimately Barton’s better results drove Villa up to 11th in the table but 1981-82 wasn’t a great League season for Villa, in fact it wasn’t even a good one but one game remained that if it could be won would render everything that had gone before in ’81-82 irrelevant.
Gordon Cowans makes his 250th start in a Villa shirt (265 Appearances) to make it W121 D69 L75, 37 Goals and 38 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.53 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Aston Villa
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81
Swansea City
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Aston Villa
Swansea City
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1981-82 |
Matchday | #60 |
League Match | #42 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Friday, 21 May 1982
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Mike Dimblebee | 🏴 | Stevenage, 1980–1988
HT Score:
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 24 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dimblebee | 🏴 | Stevenage, 1980–1988
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 April 1981, Villa 3-0 Middlesbrough, Villa Park.
Cards: None
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Tony Morley and David Geddis replace Gary Shaw and Pat Heard.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.75 |
Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 | 34.30 |
Youngest Player |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 21.44 |
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
Aston Villa
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF David Geddis | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Toshack | 🏴 |
Swansea City
GK Chris Sander | 🏴 |
RB Neil Robinson | 🏴 |
D Nigel Stevenson | 🏴 |
D Gary Richards | 🏴 |
D Dudley Lewis | 🏴 |
D Ante Rajković | 🇧🇦 |
CB Colin Irwin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John Mahoney | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Loveridge | 🏴 |
M Robbie James | 🏴 |
CF Bob Latchford | 🏴 |
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Colin Irwin | 🏴 | (CF Darren Gale | 🏴 |)
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Pat Heard | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
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 | |
---|---|
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
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
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Reported
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 21 May 1982, Villa 3-0 Swansea, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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