| Aston Villa's promising young goalkeeper Nigel Spink (he is pictured above playing for Villa in the year of his England call-up) had become a European Cup hero in 1982, coming on as a raw young sub early in the final against Bayern Munich after injury to Jimmy Rimmer and keeping the Germans at bay with style, bravery and athleticism. A year later he was the international many expected him to become from that night, as Bobby Robson took him on the 1983 summer tour of Australia. Peter Shilton went along, perhaps pointlessly for such a flesh-pressing event, and played all three matches, with Spink subbing for him in the final game against the hosts in Melbourne. Even though Ray Clemence's international career would end later in the year, Spink was not seen as one of the successors in waiting to the ageing Shilton, despite a decade of consistency and respect which would come his way at Villa. (Matthew Rudd) |
Aston Villa (1) v (0) Bayern Munich. 1982 European Cup Final. 26th May. (Peter Withe 67 min). De Kuip, Rotterdam
Netherland. Attendance: 46,000.
Aston Villa:
1. Jimmy Rimmer (GK) (16. Nigel Spink 9m),
2. Kenny Swain,
5. Ken McNaught,
4. Allan Evans,
3. Gary Williams,
6. Dennis Mortimer (c),
10. Gordon Cowans
7. Des Bremner,
9. Peter Withe,
8. Gary Shaw, 11. Tony Morley.
Bayern Munich:
1. Manfred Müller (GK),
2. Wolfgang Dremmler,
4. Hans Weiner,
5. Klaus Augenthaler,
3. Udo Horsmann,
10. Reinhold Mathy (16. Günter Güttler 51 min), 6. Wolfgang Kraus (13. Kurt Niedermayer 78 min), 8. Paul Breitner (c)
7. Bernd Dürnberger, 9. Dieter Hoeneß, 11. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.