Game #3756
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 April 1983
Won
3rd= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Stoke
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,944
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
Stoke City
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 53' | 85' | Dennis Mortimer | 43' | 75' |
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 April 1983
⚽ | 43' Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Stoke City
🔁 | Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Des Bremner
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
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 30 April 1983
Villa hammer Stoke to climb back to joint third in the table with three games to play of the first division season.
Villa, reigning European Champions, make it 🟩 twenty wins, 🟨 four draws and 🟥 fifteen losses in 🕒 thirty nine League games this season under Tony Barton 🏴.
Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 100th goal involvement as he strikes his ⚽ 50th goal and 🔥 creates his 50th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 320th appearance (305 Starts) to make it 🟩 W149 🟨 D74 🟥 L97, ⚽ 50 Goals and 🔥 50 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴 makes his 🔁 first ever substitute appearance in 🕒 195 appearances in a Villa shirt.
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
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
Stoke
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #54
League Match: #39
Manager Game: #79
Saturday, 30 April 1983
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🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 79 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 12 🟥 28 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 September 1982, Villa 0-1 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dennis Mortimer and Mark Walters replace Peter Withe and Ray Walker.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |
Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 31.09 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 18.92 |
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, 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 Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Richie Barker | 🏴 |
Stoke
GK Peter Fox | 🏴 |
D David McAughtrie | 🏴 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
M Peter Griffiths | 🏴 |
M Paul Maguire | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴 |
M Mark Chamberlain | 🏴 |
CF Ian Painter | 🏴 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Des Bremner | 🏴 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Maguire | 🏴 | (LB Peter Hampton | 🏴 |)
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | | 195 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 94 | 44 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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🟩 30 Apr 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park