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Game #3749

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 March 1983

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Lost

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 22,455

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 March 1983

🥅 | 35’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Mark Falco
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 80' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Tony Morley
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Mark Falco
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 March 1983

  • Villa suffer a frustrating defeat at the hands of big spending Tottenham but remain fourth in the first division table.

  • Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the thirteenth time this season and make it sixteen wins, three draws and thirteen losses in thirty two League games this season.

  • Centre back Ken McNaught 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 250th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #47
League Match: #32
Manager Game: #72
Wednesday, 23 March 1983

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🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1983-1990
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 72 | 🟩 | 35 🟨 | 11 🟥 26 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1983-1990

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1983-1990
🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 1 | 🟩 0% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 100% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 0.00 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟥

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.58 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.82 |

Referee

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Graham Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan Brazil | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Terry Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 23 Mar 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane

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