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Game #3751

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 April 1983

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Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Ipswich Town

Portman Road

Attendance: 19,912

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

Ipswich Town

1-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 45'+2 | Dennis Mortimer | 64' |

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 April 1983

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Steve McCall
⚽ | 45’+2 Goal, 1-1, Gary Shaw, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | 54’ Booking, Dennis Mortimer, Dissent
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 1-2 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

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 April 1983

  • Villa, reigning European Champions, score for the first time in three to make it 🟩 seventeen wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 thirteen losses in thirty four League games this season under Tony Barton.

  • Nigel Spink recovers form to pull off a couple of spectacular saves as Villa beat Ipswich and remain fourth in the first division table.

  • Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 300th start in a Villa shirt (315 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W146 🟨 D74 🟥 L95, ⚽ 49 Goals and 🔥 47 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.28 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (17 Starts).

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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

Ipswich Town

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81

FIXTURE HISTORY

Ipswich Town

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Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

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

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #49
League Match: #34
Manager Game: #74
Saturday, 2 April 1983

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🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Edward Scales | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1982-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 74 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 12 🟥 26 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Edward Scales | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1982-1986
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Dennis Mortimer, Dissent

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

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.69 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.61 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.84 |

Referee

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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

Bobby Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Irvin Gernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Butcher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB George Burley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Trevor Putney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McCall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Jean-Michel d'Avray | 🇿🇦 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Jean-Michel d'Avray | 🇿🇦 | (M Frans Thijssen | 🇳🇱 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 2 Apr 1983, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Portman Road

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