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Game #3755

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 April 1983

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Lost

4th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

West Ham United

Upton Park

Attendance: 21,822

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

West Ham United

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 April 1983

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ray Walker
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 58’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Dave Swindlehurst
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-2, (West Ham United), Billy Bonds
🕒 | FT West Ham United 2-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan Curbishley, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 April 1983

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, fail to score for the fifteenth time this season and make it nineteen wins, four draws and fifteen losses in thirty eight League games this season. Meanwhile, Ray Walker made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from school football in July 1979.

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #53
League Match: #38
Manager Game: #78
Saturday, 23 April 1983

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🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
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Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 38 🟨 | 12 🟥 28 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Clive Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Treorchy, 1966–1984
Matches Officiated: 24
🟩 : 12
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 9
🆘 : 6
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 October 1982, Villa 4-0 Tottenham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ray Walker (debut) replaces Dennis Mortimer.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.12 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.67 |

Youngest Player |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.58 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton 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 Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Alan Dickens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W François Van der Elst | 🇧🇪 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Neil Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton 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

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 23 April 1983, Villa 0-2 West Ham, Upton Park.

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