Game #3756
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 April 1983
Won
3rd= (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Stoke
Villa Park
Attendance: 20,944
🟩 30 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
4-0
Stoke City
Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 53' | 85' | Dennis Mortimer | 43' | 75' |
🟩 30 April 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
🟩 30 April 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.
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.
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
Aston Villa
Stoke
🟩 30 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #54
League Match: #39
Manager Game: #79
Saturday, 30 April 1983
🟩 30 April 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
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 79 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 12 🟥 28 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 30 April 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
🟩 30 April 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 April 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 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Des Bremner | 🏴 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Maguire | 🏴 | (LB Peter Hampton | 🏴 |)
🟩 30 April 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 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟩 30 April 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 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 30 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 30 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 30 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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