On This Day
Villa hammer Vitória in the second half of their first round UEFA Cup tie at Villa Park as Peter Withe 🏴 hits a ⚽ hat-trick.
After a surprise defeat in the away leg Tony Barton's 🏴 Villa progress to the UEFA Cup second round.
Vitória however leave their mark on Villa Park with a thuggish performance that delivered just the one red card from referee Werner Föckler.
Right Back Gary Williams 🏴 makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (155 Appearances).
Colin Gibson 🏴 ⚽ scores for the second successive game and for the third time in his last 🕒 10 appearances having scored ⚽ three in his previous 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.
Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 ⚽ scores a hat-trick on his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.
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 Tony Morley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
M Mark Jones | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Steve McMahon, Foul (2)
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 | 🏴 |
Team News
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.59 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.10 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 19.33 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 2' | 48' | 89' | Brendan Ormsby | 56' | Colin Gibson | 74' |
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 2' | 48' | Dennis Mortimer | 56' | Steve McMahon | 74' | Mark Walters | 89' |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Vitória Guimarães
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 3-0, Brendan Ormsby, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 4-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Steve McMahon
🟥 | 77' Sending off, (Vitória Guimarães), Murça
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 5-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Vitória Guimarães
🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon, Foul
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #9
European Match: #2
Manager Game: #91
Wednesday, 28 September 1983
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Werner Föckler | 🇩🇪 | Ellerstadt, 1983
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Officials
Referee: Werner Föckler | 🇩🇪 | Ellerstadt, 1983
Previous 5 vs. Vitória: 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 W1 (50% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(50% ) | 🟥 L1 (50% ) | ⚽ 5 | 🥅 1 | GD 4
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 91 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 14 🟥 32 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
What they Said
"We went off the boil a little after Peter's first goal. But once we started to play to his strength again there were no problems."
Tony Barton
GK Silvino Louro | 🇵🇹 |
LB Joachim Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Alfredo Murça | 🇵🇹 | 🟥 |
LB Laureta | 🇵🇹 |
LB Flávio das Neves | 🇵🇹 |
D Amândio Barreiras | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
RB Gregório Freixo | 🇵🇹 |
M Paquito | 🇵🇹 |
M Nivaldo | 🇧🇷 |
W Orlando António Fonseca da Costa | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Eldon | 🇧🇷 |
Hermann Stessl | 🇦🇹 |
Substitutes
🔁 | D Amândio Barreiras | 🇵🇹 | (CF Paulo Ricardo | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | W Orlando António Fonseca da Costa | 🇵🇹 | (F Júlio | 🇵🇹 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK António Jesus | 🇵🇹 |
M Barrinha | 🇵🇹 |
F Da Silva | 🇵🇹 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 🟨
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
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1983-84
Playing Squad
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 | #624 |
Goalkeeper
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GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | #611 |
Goalkeeper
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Forest Green Rovers 🏴 Retired
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | #594 |
Centre Back
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CB Allan Evans (Coach) | 🏴 |
Centre Back
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Plymouth Argyle u18 Manager 🏴 Retired
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | #599 |
Centre Back
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CB Dean Glover | 🏴 | #625 |
Centre Back
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CB Steve Foster | 🏴 | #626 |
Centre Back
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LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | #609 |
Full Back
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LB Gary Williams | 🏴 | #598 |
Full Back
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RB Mark Jones | 🏴 | #617 |
Full Back
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LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | #628 |
Full Back
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M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | #620 |
Midfielder
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M Andy Blair | 🏴 | #616 |
Midfielder
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M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | #601 |
Midfielder
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M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | #580 |
Midfielder
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M Des Bremner | 🏴 | #606 |
Midfielder
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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | #582 |
Midfielder
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Burnley 🏴 Retired
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | #619 |
Midfielder
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Halesowen Town 🏴 Died
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 | #627 |
Midfielder
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M Ray Walker | 🏴 | #621 |
Midfielder
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M Steve McMahon | 🏴 | #622 |
Midfielder
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W Mark Walters | 🏴 | #618 |
Winger
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W Tony Morley | 🏴 | #604 |
Winger
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F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | #596 |
Forward
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CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | #623 |
Forward
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CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | #615 |
Forward
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Match Media
