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Game #3748

Aston Villa

Saturday, 19 March 1983

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Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Coventry City

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,509

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-0

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Coventry City

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 38' | Des Bremner | 70' |

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 19 March 1983

⚽ | 24' Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw
⚽ | 29' Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe
⚽ | 38' Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 70' Goal, 4-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Des Bremner
🔁 | 87' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Coventry City

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 19 March 1983

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, put aside their European disappointment to hammer Coventry and make it sixteen wins, three draws and twelve losses in thirty one League games this season.

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, 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

Coventry City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Coventry City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #46
League Match: #31
Manager Game: #71
Saturday, 19 March 1983

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🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
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

🕒 71 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 11 🟥 25 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Trevor Spencer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salisbury, 1971-1985
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 December 1981, Villa 1-0 Brighton, Goldstone Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.65 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.57 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.81 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Dave Sexton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Whitton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Mark Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 87' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Keith Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, 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

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 19 March 1983, Villa 4-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

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