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Game #3752

Aston Villa

Monday, 4 April 1983

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Won

4th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Birmingham City

Villa Park

Attendance: 40,897

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Birmingham City

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Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 83' |

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 4 April 1983

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Birmingham City
🔁 | 74' Sub off, Des Bremner, Sub on, Alan Curbishley
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City

🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 4 April 1983

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, beat neighbours Birmingham to make it eighteen wins, four draws and thirteen losses in thirty five League games this season. Meanwhile, Alan Curbishley made his Villa debut aged 25 against the club from whom he had moved in March as part of the swap deal with midfielder Robert Hopkins.

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Birmingham City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #50
League Match: #35
Manager Game: #75
Monday, 4 April 1983

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🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 75 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 12 🟥 26 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 17 February 1982, Villa 1-1 Tottenham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.62 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.85 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Jim Hagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick Halsall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robert Hopkins (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Howard Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Mick Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 74' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Ian Handysides | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, 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

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park.

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