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Game #3703

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 August 1982

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Lost

19th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Sunderland

Villa Park

Attendance: 22,945

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-3

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Sunderland

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 22' |

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 August 1982

⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Peter Withe, Sub on, Pat Heard
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 1-1, (Sunderland), Colin West
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 1-2, (Sunderland), Ally McCoist
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-3, (Sunderland), Nick Pickering
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Sunderland

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 August 1982

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, open the season with a disappointing defeat to Sunderland despite taking a first half lead.

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Sunderland

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #1
League Match: #1
Manager Game: #26
Saturday, 28 August 1982

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🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 7 🟥 7 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names a typical 1981-82 team for the first match of 1982-83.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.45 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 34.57 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.25 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Chris Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Iain Munro | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Nick Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Shaun Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick Buckley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Colin West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ally McCoist | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Gary Rowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, 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 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, 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 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 28 August 1982, Villa 1-3 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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