The 1982–83 English football season was Aston Villa's 4th season in Europe and 84th season in the Football League. Villa competed in the Football League First Division. Tony Barton was manager after Ron Saunders had resigned in the previous season. Villa qualified for the European Cup as holders and reaching the quarter-finals, and also won the European Super Cup in a two-legged contest with FC Barcelona of Spain. They finished the season sixth in the league.
There were debuts for Alan Curbishley (36) and Ray Walker (23).
European Super Cup
First Division
Matches
DateOpponentVenueResultNoteScorers 28 August 1982 Sunderland H 1–3 — Gordon Cowans 31 August 1982 Everton A 0–5 — — 4 September 1982 Southampton A 0–1 — — 8 September 1982 Luton Town H 4–1 — Dennis Mortimer, Peter Withe, Gordon Cowans (2) 11 September 1982 Nottingham Forest H 4–1 — Dennis Mortimer, Peter Withe (2), Gordon Cowans 18 September 1982 Manchester City A 1–0 — Gary Shaw 36' 25 September 1982 Swansea City H 2–0 — Dennis Mortimer 32', Allan Evans 45' 2 October 1982 West Bromwich Albion A 0–1 — — 16 October 1982 Watford H 3–0 — Peter Withe 28', Tony Morley 58', 89' 30 October 1982 Tottenham Hotspur H 4–0 — — 6 November 1982 Coventry City A 0–0 — — 13 November 1982 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–0 — — 20 November 1982 Manchester United H 2–1 — — 27 November 1982 Stoke City A 3–0 — — 4 December 1982 West Ham United H 1–0 — — 7 December 1982 Arsenal A 1–2 — — 19 December 1982 Liverpool H 2–4 — — 27 December 1982 Birmingham City A 0–3 — — 29 December 1982 Ipswich Town H 1–1 — — 1 January 1983 Manchester United A 1–3 — — 3 January 1983 Southampton H 2–0 — — 15 January 1983 Sunderland A 0–2 — — 22 January 1983 Manchester City H 1–1 — — 5 February 1983 Nottingham Forest A 2–1 — Peter Withe (2) 12 February 1983 Everton H 2–0 — Tony Morley, Peter Withe 26 February 1983 Watford A 1–2 — Mark Walters 5 March 1983 Norwich City H 3–2 — Peter Withe, Eamonn Deacy, Gary Shaw 8 March 1983 Notts County H 2–0 — Peter Withe, Gary Shaw 19 March 1983 Coventry City H 4–0 — Gary Shaw, Peter Withe (2), Allan Evans 23 March 1983 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2 — — 26 March 1983 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–0 — — 2 April 1983 Ipswich Town A 2–1 — Gary Shaw, Peter Withe 4 April 1983 Birmingham City H 1–0 — Gary Shaw 9 April 1983 Luton Town A 1–2 — Gary Shaw 19 April 1983 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 — Dennis Mortimer 23 April 1983 West Ham United A 0–2 — — 30 April 1983 Stoke City H 4–0 — Gordon Cowans, Ken McNaught, Tony Morley, Allan Evans 2 May 1983 Swansea City A 1–2 — Gary Shaw 7 May 1983 Liverpool A 1–1 — Gary Shaw (pen) 14 May 1983 Arsenal H 2–1 — Gary Shaw, Colin Gibson
Source: avfchistory.co.uk
Intercontinental Cup
European Cup
Aston Villa played in 1982–83 European Cup as champions. The club reached the quarter-finals but lost to eventual runners-up Juventus of Italy.
First round
Second round
Quarter-final
FA Cup
Third round
Teams from the Football League First and Second Division entered in this round. The third round of games in the FA Cup were played on 8 January 1983. Replays took place over 11–12 January, with a second replay on the 24th. Bishop's Stortford, from the Isthmian League Premier Division (Step 6), was the lowest-ranked team in the round while Worcester City, Weymouth and Bishop's Stortford were the last non-league clubs left in the competition.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate15Northampton Town (4)0–1Aston Villa (1)8 January 1983 Fourth round
The fourth round of games were mainly played over the weekend 29 –30 January 1983. Some games were replayed on 1–2 February, with a second replay on 9 February. Swindon Town and Torquay United from the Fourth Division were the lowest-ranked teams in the round and the last clubs from the First Round left in the competition.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate4Aston Villa1–0Wolverhampton Wanderers29 January 1983 Fifth round
The fifth set of games were all played on 19–20 February 1983. Two replays were played on 28 February. Holders Tottenham Hotspur were eliminated by Everton – their first defeat in the competition since March 1980. However, because both Everton and Liverpool were drawn to play at home in this round, there was one game played on Sunday 20 February: Liverpool v Brighton with Everton v Tottenham on the same day as the other R5 ties
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate2Aston Villa4–1Watford19 February 1983 Sixth round
The sixth round of FA Cup games were played on 12 March 1983 with a replay on the 15 March.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate4Arsenal2–0Aston Villa12 March 1983
League Cup
See also List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics
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