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Game #3766

Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 September 1983

Lost

8th (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 34,246

Liverpool

Anfield

Villa conceded two in the last twenty minutes before Steve McMahon is sent off as they are beaten at Anfield and fall back to 8th in the first division table.

Liverpool

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Trevor Morley | 84' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 17 September 1983

🕒 | HT Liverpool 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Tony Morley
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Kenny Dalglish
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Ian Rush
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 1-2, Colin Gibson, Assist by Trevor Morley
🟥 | 89’ Sending off, Steve McMahon
🕒 | FT Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Kicking the ball away
🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa suffer a second successive defeat in all competitions as they lose at reigning champions Liverpool.

Steve McMahon is sent off by referee David Hutchinson despite the Villa midfielder's assailant Graeme Souness getting away with a clear kick.

That injustice added to Phil Neal escaping with a booking for denying Villa a clear goalscoring opportunity in the early minutes of the first half.

As a result Villa make it three wins, one draw and two defeats in six League games so far this season.

Meanwhile, Herbert Douglas Ellis faces a challenge to his dictatorship.

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1982-83

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #7
League Match: #6
Manager Game: #89
Saturday, 17 September 1983

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Liverpool

🟨

David Hutchinson

TEAM NEWS

Mark Walters replaces Andy Blair.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.65 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.07 |

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

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Joe Fagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Liverpool

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 |
M Sammy Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🤡 |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🔥 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

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

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"We were happy with the way we played in the first half.

“But we sat back and allowed Liverpool to play in our half of the field after that.

"We had a strong session in the dressing room afterwards.

“Our performance left questions to be asked.”

Tony Barton.

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