 Walters akatanga basa rake semudzidzi kuAston Villa paakasiya chikoro muzhizha ra1980, achishandura nyanzvi gore rakatevera mushure mekunge Villas Football League First Division zita rekukunda uye akaita makwikwi ake ekutanga musi wa 28 Kubvumbi 1982 mukukunda 4-1 muligi kumba kuLeeds United, mwedzi miviri mushure mekubva kwemurairidzi Ron Saunders uyo akapa Walters chibvumirano chake chekutanga chehunyanzvi uye kukwidziridzwa kwemubatsiri Tony Barton pachigaro chemurairidzi. Walters haana kubatanidzwa muchikwata chaVilla chemutambo wokupedzisirayeEuropean Cup musi wa 26 Chivabvu 1982, iyo yavakakunda 1-0 vachipesana neBayern Munich, vanokunda West Germany. Walters, achiri nemakore gumi nemasere chete, akaita makwikwi makumi maviri nemaviri mumwaka wa1982-83 sezvo Villa yakapedza yechitanhatu. Akapinza kamwe chete mwaka iwoyo. Akasimbiswa semutambi wenguva dzose mumwaka wa1983-84, akaonekwa ka37 muligi uye akarova zvibodzwa zvisere, kunyangwe Villa yaive nemwaka unogumbura uye akapedza gumi, naTony Barton achidzingwa pakupera kwemwaka uye achitsiviwa naGraham Turner. 