Game #3771
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 October 1983
Won
8th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 39,318
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Thuggish Birmingham resort to fists and butts as they are widely condemned for their "disgraceful' behaviour, meanwhile Villa claim another three points to climb back to 8th in table.
Aston Villa
1-0
Birmingham City
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 October 1983
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
🟥 | 62' Sending off, Colin Gibson
🔁 | 74' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Des Bremner
💥 | 75' Missed penalty, (Birmingham City), Noel Blake
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
🟨 | Booking, Dennis Mortimer
🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson
ON THIS DAY
A typically embarrassing performance from Small Heath sees the yobbish protagonists being led by two players who couldn't make the grade at Villa. The toe curlingly embarrassing Robert Hopkins and his mate Noel Blake simply highlighted the gulf in class between the two clubs on and off the pitch.
Tony Barton's Villa make it five wins, one draw and three defeats in nine League games as Peter Withe's eight of the season dispatches near neighbours Birmingham at Villa Park.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Birmingham City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
FIXTURE HISTORY
Birmingham City
Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #12
League Match: #9
Manager Game: #94
Saturday, 15 October 1983
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Allison | 🏴 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 94 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 15 🟥 33 | 1.63
Career Form:
Top 6
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Allison | 🏴 | Lancaster, 1980-1997 🆘
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
David Allison
CARDS
Villa
🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨
Birmingham City
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Tony Morley replaces Gary Shaw.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.15 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 19.38 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Ron Saunders | 🏴 |
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 Tony Morley | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Birmingham City
GK Tony Coton | 🏴 |
D Billy Wright | 🏴 |
CB Jim Hagan | 🏴 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Noel Blake (ex) | 🏴 | 🤡 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴 |
M Mick Halsall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Robert Hopkins (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🤡 |
M Tony Rees | 🏴 |
W Howard Gayle | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Des Bremner | 🏴 | for M Tony Morley | 🏴 | 74' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴 | (CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"In 12 years of top class football I have never played in a game where there was so much hate.”
Dennis Mortimer.
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