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Game #3769

Aston Villa

4-1-3, 13 PTS

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Saturday, 1 October 1983

11th (-5)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling (5)

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

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

Midfielders
M Colin J Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Forwards
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Team News

Des Bremner replaces Steve McMahon.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.41 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.11 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.34 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-1

🟥 1 Oct 1983, Villa 0-1 Luton, Kenilworth Road
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Luton Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-1, (Luton Town, pen), David Moss
🔁 | 71' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Luton Town 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Persistent fouling

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #10
League Match: #8
Manager Game: #92
Saturday, 1 October 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Jim Borrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1983–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Jim Borrett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Norfolk, 1983–1994
Linesmen: R. Coaten; P. Don

Previous 5 vs. Luton: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 22 | 🟩 W8 (36% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(50% ) | 🟥 L11 (50% ) | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 27 | GD -1

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 92 | 🟩 | 45 🟨 | 14 🟥 33 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Division One

Luton Town

4-1-3, 13 PTS

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Kenilworth Road

Attendance: 12,747

GK Les Sealey (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kirk Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Radomir Antić | 🇷🇸 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Paul Elliott

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: ❌

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Les Sealey (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Paul Elliott (ft) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Kirk Stephens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |

Midfelders
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ricky Hill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Radomir Antić | 🇷🇸 |

Forwards
CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

42

41*

🔥

0

0

🟩

21

🟨

5

🟥

16

16

🥅

45

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

156

151

🔥

0

4

🟩

68

🟨

36

🟥

52

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

256

253

🔥

31

9

🟩

116

🟨

64

🟥

76

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

56

52

🔥

2

0

🟩

25

🟨

14

🟥

17

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

155

150

🔥

6

8

🟩

78

🟨

29

🟥

48

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

198

197

🔥

9

8

🟩

95

🟨

45

🟥

58

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

359

359

🔥

30

67

🟩

167

🟨

92

🟥

100

M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

17

16

🔥

0

0

🟩

9

🟨

2

🟥

6

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

39

30

🔥

5

3

🟩

18

🟨

3

🟥

18

W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

173

163

🔥

33

33

🟩

83

🟨

34

🟥

56

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

151

151

🔥

63

28

🟩

79

🟨

28

🟥

44

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

179

🔁

3

🔥

72

21

Sub 1

🟩

91

🟨

35

🟥

53

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa fall to an early second half penalty as Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fouls Frank Bunn in a game littered with fouls. Villa fall to 11th.

  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 fail to score for the second time this season.

  • Villa make it 🟩 four wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 three defeats in 🕒 eight League games so far this season as they fall back to 11th in the table.

  • Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th start in a Villa shirt (155 Appearances).

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