Game #3752
Aston Villa
Monday, 4 April 1983
Won
4th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 40,897
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 83' |
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
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
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
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Monday, 4 April 1983
Gary Shaw 🏴 scores one of the most spell bounding goals of his career as fourth placed Villa beat relegation threatened Birmingham at Villa Park.
Tony Barton's Villa make it 🟩 eighteen wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 thirteen losses in 🕒 thirty five League games this season.
Midfielder Alan Curbishley 🏴 25 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt against the club from whom he had moved in March as part of the swap deal with Villa's unwanted reserve midfielder Robert Hopkins 🏴. Curbishley becomes the 619th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | #619 | £100,000 signing from Birmingham
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #50
League Match: #35
Manager Game: #75
Monday, 4 April 1983
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🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1978-1991
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 75 | 🟩 | 37 🟨 | 12 🟥 26 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴 | Salford, 1978-1991
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Colin Gibson, Foul
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
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 |
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
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 | 🏴 | (ex)
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 | 🏴 |
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Des Bremner | 🏴 | 74' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 4 Apr 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park