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Villa vs.

Barcelona

🟩 26 January 1983, Villa 3-0 Barcelona, Villa Park.

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Game #3737

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Alexis Ponnet | 🇧🇪 | Brussels, 1975-1989
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Aggregate: Result: 🟨 Drew
Aggregate Score: 🟨 1-1
AET Result: 🟩 Won
AET Score: 🟩 3-0
Aggregate: Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #35
Manager Game: #60
Wednesday, 26 January 1983

Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 80' | Gordon Cowans | 99' | Ken McNaught | 104' |

Assist(s) | Ken McNaught | 80' | Gordon Cowans | 104' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72’ |
🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 113’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Javier Urruti | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB José Ramón Alexanko | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Migueli | 🇪🇸 |
LB Julio Alberto | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
M Víctor Muñoz | 🇪🇸 |
M Urbano Ortega | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
M Bernd Schuster | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 |
M Tente Sánchez | 🇪🇸 |
M Periko Alonso | 🇪🇸 |
M Marcos Alonso | 🇪🇸 | 🟥 |
W Lobo Carrasco | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Lobo Carrasco | 🇪🇸 | (CF Quini | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Quini | 🇪🇸 | (LB Manolo | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK Pello Artola | 🇪🇸 |
CB Antonio Olmo | 🇪🇸 |
M Periko Alonso | 🇪🇸 |

Match Timeline

🟨 | 9’ Booking, (FC Barcelona), Julio Alberto, Scything tackle on Andy Blair
🟨 | 38' Booking, (FC Barcelona), Urbano Ortega
🟨 | 40' Booking, Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 FC Barcelona
🟨 | 50’ Booking, Ken McNaught, Foul
🟨 | 50’ Booking, (FC Barcelona), Julio Alberto, Deliberate Handball
🟥 | 50’ Sending off, (FC Barcelona), Julio Alberto, Second Booking
🟨 | 53’ Booking, (FC Barcelona), José Ramón Alexanko
🟨 | 77' Booking, Allan Evans, Push
🟨 | 68’ Booking, (FC Barcelona), Bernd Schuster, High tackle
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Mark Walters
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Ken McNaught
💥 | Migueli remains on the floor with a facial cut
💥 | Game delayed for four minutes by Barcelona players protesting goal
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 FC Barcelona
💥 | 99’ Missed penalty, Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 99’ Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans from rebound
🟨 | 101' Booking, (FC Barcelona), Javier Urruti for kicking Cowans
💥 | 101’ Schuster kicked ball into crowd ahead of restart after referee had placed the ball on the centre spot
💥 | 101’ Schuster attempts to lead walk off of Barcelona players
⚽ | 104’ Goal, 3-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🟨 | 105’ Booking, (FC Barcelona), Manolo
🟥 | 105’ Sending off, (FC Barcelona), Marcos Alonso, Punching Mark Walters
🟨 | 110' Booking, Allan Evans, Trip
🟥 | 110’ Sending off, Allan Evans, Second Booking
🔁 | 113’ Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 3-0 FC Barcelona

On This Day

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, win the Super Cup by hammering Barcelona on a bewildering European night at Villa Park.

🟥 19 January 1983, Villa 0-1 Barcelona, Nou Camp.

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Game #3735

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Bruno Galler | 🇨🇭 | Baden, 1978–1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season: 1982-83
Matchday: #33
Manager Game: #58
Wednesday, 19 January 1983

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 36' |

Unused Substitutes

None

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Starting XI

GK Javier Urruti | 🇪🇸 |
CB José Ramón Alexanko | 🇪🇸 |
CB Migueli | 🇪🇸 |
LB Julio Alberto | 🇪🇸 |
M Víctor Muñoz | 🇪🇸 |
M Bernd Schuster | 🇩🇪 |
M Tente Sánchez | 🇪🇸 |
M Periko Alonso | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Marcos Alonso | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
W Lobo Carrasco | 🇪🇸 |
CF Quini | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Periko Alonso | 🇪🇸 | (M Urbano Ortega | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Quini | 🇪🇸 | (CF Pichi Alonso | 🇪🇸 |)

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Match Timeline

🔁 | 36’ Sub off, Mark Jones, Sub on, Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT FC Barcelona 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 0-1, (FC Barcelona), Marcos Alonso
🕒 | FT FC Barcelona 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Tony Barton's Villa, reigning European Champions, lose the first leg of the UEFA Super Cup away to Barcelona.

🟥 15 March 1978, Villa 1-2 Barcelona, Camp Nou.

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Game #3482

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Doğan Babacan | 🇹🇷 | Istanbul, 1968-1978
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Aggregate Result: 🟥 Lost
Aggregate Score: 🟥 3-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #41 |
Manager Game | #200 |
Wednesday, 15 March 1978

Scorer(s) | Brian Little | 57' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

Not recorded

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Starting XI

GK Pello Artola | 🇪🇸 |
RB Pepito Ramos | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Migueli | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
CB Juanjo Enríquez | 🇪🇸 |
CB Antonio Olmo | 🇪🇸 |
RB Toño de la Cruz | 🇪🇸 |
M Johan Cruyff | 🇳🇱 |
M Juan Manuel Asensi | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
W Rafael Zuviría | 🇦🇷 |
W Paco Fortes | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
W Carles Rexach | 🇪🇸 |

Substitutes

🔁 | RB Pepito Ramos | 🇪🇸 | (F Manolo Clares | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | W Paco Fortes | 🇪🇸 | (M Johan Neeskens | 🇳🇱 |)

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Match Timeline

🟥 | 24’ Sending off, John Gidman, Retaliation
🕒 | HT Barcelona 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 1-0, Brian Little
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 1-1, (Barcelona), Migueli
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 2-1, (Barcelona), Asensi
🕒 | FT Barcelona 2-1 Aston Villa

On This Day

Ron Saunders' Villa see John Gidman sent off again as they have to play nearly two thirds of the return leg at Camp Nou with ten men. Despite the setback, Villa take the lead but lose to two late Barcelona goals on the night and are knocked out of the UEFA Cup Quarter Finals on aggregate.

🟨 1 March 1978, Villa 2-2 Barcelona, Villa Park.

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Game #3479

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: César Correia | 🇵🇹 | São Brás de Alportel, 1973-1981 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Season | 1977-78 |
Matchday | #38 |
Manager Game | #197 |
Wednesday, 1 March 1978

Scorer(s) | Ken McNaught | 85' | John Deehan | 88' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Smith | 85' | Allan Evans | 88' |

Match Timeline

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Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 | for D David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 61' |

Unused Substitutes

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Mick Buttress | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Starting XI

GK Pello Artola | 🇪🇸 |
RB Pepito Ramos | 🇪🇸 |
CB Migueli | 🇪🇸 |
CB Antonio Olmo | 🇪🇸 |
RB Toño de la Cruz | 🇪🇸 |
M Johan Cruyff | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Quique Costas | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Juan Manuel Asensi | 🇪🇸 |
W Carles Rexach | 🇪🇸 |
W Rafael Zuviría | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ |
W Paco Fortes | 🇪🇸 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Johan Cruyff | 🇳🇱 | (M José Macizo | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Quique Costas | 🇪🇸 | (CB Juanjo Enríquez | 🇪🇸 |)

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, David Evans
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 1-0, (Barcelona), John Cruyff
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Barcelona
🔁 | 61’ Sub off, David Evans, Sub on, Allan Evans 🟢
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-0, (Barcelona), Zuviria
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 2-1, Ken McNaught, Assist by Gordon Smith
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 2-2, John Deehan, Assist by Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Barcelona

On This Day

  • Villa face Barcelona for the first time in competitive football, Barcelona become the 115th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s fifth continental European opponents and their second from Spain having played Athletic Bilbao earlier in the season.

  • Ron Saunders' Villa score two late goals to draw the UEFA Cup quarter final first leg against Barcelona ahead of a tough return match at the Camp Nou. Meanwhile, Saunders hands debuts to defender David Evans, 19, who joined from West Bromwich Schools in July 1974 and centre back Allan Evans, 21, after his move from Dunfermline Athletic for a fee of £30,000 in May 1977.

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