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Game #3744

Aston Villa

Saturday, 5 March 1983

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Won

5th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Norwich City

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,624

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-2

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Norwich City

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Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 23' | Peter Withe | 53' | Colin Gibson | 79' |

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 5 March 1983

🥅 | 19’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Dave Bennett
⚽ | 23' Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-2, (Norwich City), Dennis Van Wyk
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-2, Eamonn Deacy, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 3-2, Gary Shaw, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Norwich City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 5 March 1983

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, stop a run of two defeats to beat Norwich at Villa Park and make it fourteen wins, three draws and twelve losses in twenty nine League games this season.

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, 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

Norwich City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #42
League Match: #29
Manager Game: #67
Saturday, 5 March 1983

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🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
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

🕒 67 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 11 🟥 23 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 31 October 1981, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Allan Evans, Mark Walters and Eamonn Deacy replace Gary Williams, Tony Morley and Andy Blair.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.81 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.53 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.77 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis van Wijk | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
LB Richard Symonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Haylock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Barham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Dave Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, 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 Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
17
16*
0
0
9
2
6
18
6
0
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I thought they were sharper and stronger than us.” Tony Barton.
Quotes

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 5 March 1983, Villa 3-2 Norwich, Villa Park.

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