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Game #3765

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 14 September 1983

1st Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

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

🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 74’ |
🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81’ |

Unused Substitutes

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Colin J Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

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

Team News

Andy Blair replaces Mark Walters.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.05 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.06 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.10 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

On This Day
  • Villa fall to a late penalty in Portugal to carry a deficit into the second leg at Villa Park.

  • Villa face Vitória Guimarães for the first time in competitive football, Vitória become the 127th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 14th continental European opponents and their first from Portugal.

  • Tony Barton's Villa suffer a surprise defeat in the UEFA Cup and fail to score for the first time this season as they narrowly lose at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques thanks to an over-generous referee and soft penalty.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

38

37*

🔥

0

0

🟩

19

🟨

5

🟥

14

14

🥅

42

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

152

147

🔥

0

4

🟩

66

🟨

36

🟥

50

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

252

249

🔥

31

9

🟩

114

🟨

64

🟥

74

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

52

49

🔥

1

0

🟩

23

🟨

14

🟥

15

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

151

146

🔥

4

8

🟩

76

🟨

29

🟥

46

M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

2

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

355

355

🔥

30

66

🟩

165

🟨

92

🟥

98

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

39

25

🔥

1

5

🟩

18

🟨

9

🟥

12

M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

13

12

🔥

0

0

🟩

7

🟨

2

🟥

4

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

147

147

🔥

60

28

🟩

77

🟨

28

🟥

42

CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

4

2

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

2

Substitutes
None
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

35

🔁

9

🔥

5

1

Sub 1

🟩

16

🟨

3

🟥

16

W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

169

🔁

160

🔥

33

30

Sub 2

🟩

81

🟨

34

🟥

54

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

None
🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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Lost

0-1

🟥 14 Sep 1983, Villa 0-1 Vitória, Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Vitória Guimarães 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Andy Blair, Sub on, Mark Walters
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Paul Rideout, Sub on, Tony Morley
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 0-1, (Vitória Guimarães, pen), Gregório Freixo
🕒 | FT Vitória Guimarães 1-0 Aston Villa

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #6
European Match: #1
Manager Game: #88
Wednesday, 14 September 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Joël Quiniou | 🇫🇷 | Paris, 1983–1994
Kick off: 5.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Joël Quiniou | 🇫🇷 | Paris, 1983–1994

Previous 5 vs. Vitória: None

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 1 | 🟩 W0 (0% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(0% ) | 🟥 L1 (100% ) | ⚽ 0 | 🥅 1 | GD -1

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 88 | 🟩 | 43 🟨 | 14 🟥 31 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

What they Said

UEFA Cup

Vitória Guimarães

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Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Attendance: 30,000

GK Silvino Louro | 🇵🇹 |
LB Joachim Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Alfredo Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Laureta | 🇵🇹 |
D Amândio Barreiras | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gregório Freixo | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ |
M Barrinha | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Paquito | 🇵🇹 |
M Nivaldo | 🇧🇷 |
F Da Silva | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Eldon | 🇧🇷 |

Hermann Stessl | 🇦🇹 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Barrinha | 🇵🇹 | (LB Flávio das Neves | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | F Da Silva | 🇵🇹 | (W Orlando António Fonseca da Costa | 🇵🇹 |)

Unused Substitutes

GK António Jesus | 🇵🇹 |
F Júlio | 🇵🇹 |
CF Paulo Ricardo | 🇵🇹 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Primeira Liga Champions: ❌
Taça de Portugal Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Silvino Louro | 🇵🇹 |
GK António Jesus | 🇵🇹 |

Defenders
D Amândio Barreiras | 🇵🇹 |

Full Backs
LB Joachim Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Alfredo Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Laureta | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gregório Freixo | 🇵🇹 |
LB Flávio das Neves | 🇵🇹 |

Midfielders
M Barrinha | 🇵🇹 |
M Paquito | 🇵🇹 |
M Nivaldo | 🇧🇷 |

Wingers
W Orlando António Fonseca da Costa | 🇵🇹 |

Forwards
F Da Silva | 🇵🇹 |
CF Eldon | 🇧🇷 |
F Júlio | 🇵🇹 |
CF Paulo Ricardo | 🇵🇹 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

League Table
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1983-84
Playing Squad
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #624 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #611 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #594 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #599 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #625 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #626 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | #609 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #598 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #617 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #628 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #620 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #616 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #601 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #580 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #606 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #582 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #619 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #627 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #621 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #622 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #618 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #604 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #596 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #623 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #615 |
🟩 23 Nov 2025 Villa 2-1 Leeds, Elland Road IG2.jpg
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Trophies


🏆 European Cup Winners: (1) 1981-82

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Champions: (7) 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆  FA Cup Winners: (7) 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 League Cup Winners: (5) 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96

🏆 🏆 Second Division Champions: (2) 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆 Third Division Champions: (1) 1971-72

🏆 European Super Cup Winners: (1) 1982-83

🏆 Intertoto Cup Winners: (1) 2001-02

🏆 Peace Cup Winners: (1) 2009 (Friendly)

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 FA Youth Cup Winners: (5) 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 NextGen Series Winners: (1) 2012-13
🏆 Premier League Cup Winners: (1) 2017-18
🏆 u18s Premier League Champions (3): 2024-25, 2007-08, 2003-04
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: (20) 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 Premier Reserve League Champions: (5) 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12
🏆 🏆 🏆 Central League Champions: (3) 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

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