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Game #3761

Aston Villa

Monday, 29 August 1983

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Won

3rd (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Sunderland

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,390

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Sunderland

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Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 73' |

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 29 August 1983

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 29 August 1983

Tony Barton's Villa make it two wins from two at the start of the campaign as Paul Birch made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from school football in 1978.

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #2
League Match: #2
Manager Game: #84
Monday, 29 August 1983

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🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
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

🕒 84 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 13 🟥 29 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 November 1982, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton hands a debut to Paul Birch as Andy Blair makes his first start of the season. Steve McMahon and Dennis Mortimer drop out.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.04 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.02 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.25 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Durban | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Chris Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Iain Munro | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Nick Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gordon Chisholm | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ian Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Proctor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Gary Rowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Colin West | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M John Cooke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
34
33*
0
0
18
4
12
37
13
0
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, 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

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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