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Game #3764

Aston Villa

3-1-1, 10 PTS

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Saturday, 10 September 1983

6th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Paul Rideout (first start) replaces Gary Shaw.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.63 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.05 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.08 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

1-0

🟩 10 Sep 1983, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 12' |

Assist(s) | Peter Withe | 12' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #5
League Match: #5
Manager Game: #87
Saturday, 10 September 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1978-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1978-1991

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 31 | 🟩 W18 (58% ) | 🟨 D5 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L8 (26% ) | ⚽ 55 | 🥅 38 | GD 17

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 87 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 14 🟥 30 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Division One

Norwich City

1-3-2, 6 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 18,887

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Haylock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis van Wijk | 🇳🇱 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Barham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M John Devine | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

37

36*

🔥

0

0

🟩

19

🟨

5

🟥

13

14

🥅

41

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

151

146

🔥

0

4

🟩

66

🟨

36

🟥

49

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

251

248

🔥

31

9

🟩

114

🟨

64

🟥

73

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

47

🔥

1

0

🟩

23

🟨

14

🟥

14

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

150

145

🔥

4

8

🟩

76

🟨

29

🟥

45

M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

1

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

354

354

🔥

30

66

🟩

165

🟨

92

🟥

97

M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

12

11

🔥

0

0

🟩

7

🟨

2

🟥

3

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

34

26

🔥

5

1

🟩

16

🟨

3

🟥

15

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

146

146

🔥

60

28

🟩

77

🟨

28

🟥

41

CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

1

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

1

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Dennis Mortimer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - a player whom Herbert Douglas Ellis had insisted was to be sold in order to "cut costs".- ⚽ scores early and Villa hold on for a 🟩 deserved victory to send them 6th in the table - where they had finished the previous season.

  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 three wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 one defeat in 🕒 five League games so far this season. 

  • Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.

What they Said

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