Game #3772
Aston Villa

Wednesday, 19 October 1983
2nd Round
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Gary Williams | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Des Bremner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Colin Gibson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Steve McMahon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Morley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Mark Walters | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
Not recorded
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
M Gordon Cowans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Team News
Des Bremner replaces Alan Curbishley.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.12 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 32.16 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.39 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Colin Gibson | 47' | Mark Walters | 68' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
๐ | HT Spartak Moscow 0-0 Aston Villa
โฝ | 47โ Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson
๐ฅ
| 52โ Goal, 1-1, (Spartak Moscow), Yuri Gavrilov
โฝ | 68โ Goal, 2-1, Mark Walters
๐ฅ
| 90โ+1 Goal, 2-2, (Spartak Moscow, pen), Yuri Gavrilov
๐ | FT Spartak Moscow 2-2 Aston Villa
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #13
European Match: #3
Manager Game: #95
Wednesday, 19 October 1983
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Roger Schoeters | ๐ง๐ช | Mol, 1983
HT Score: ๐จ 0-0
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
FT Score: ๐จ 2-2
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐จ
Officials
Referee: Roger Schoeters | ๐ง๐ช | Mol, 1983
Match Stats
Not recorded
Tony Barton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984
๐ 95 | ๐ฉ | 46 ๐จ | 16 ๐ฅ 33 | 1.62
Villa Career Form:
Top 6

UEFA Cup
FC Spartak Moscow
Attendance: 49,980
GK Rinat Dasaev | ๐ท๐บ |
RB Vladimir Sochnov | ๐ท๐บ |
RB Gennadiy Morozov | ๐ท๐บ |
CB Boris Pozdnyakov | ๐ท๐บ |
CB Aleksandr Bubnov | ๐ท๐บ |
LB Sergey Bazulev | ๐ท๐บ | ๐จ |
M Evgeniy Kuznetsov | ๐ท๐บ | ๐จ | ๐ |
M Fedor Cherenkov | ๐ท๐บ |
F Yuriy Gavrilov | ๐ท๐บ | โฝ | โฝ |
CF Sergey Rodionov | ๐ท๐บ |
CF Sergey Argudyaev | ๐บ๐ฆ | ๐ |
Konstantin Beskov | ๐ท๐บ |
Substitutes
๐ | M Evgeniy Kuznetsov | ๐ท๐บ | ๐จ | (M Valeriy Gladilin | ๐ท๐บ |)
๐ | CF Sergey Argudyaev | ๐บ๐ฆ | (F Yuriy Reznik | ๐บ๐ฆ |)
Unused Substitutes
Not Recorded
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
๐จ ๐จ
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
Soviet Top League: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Soviet Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1979
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa take the game to Spartak ๐ท๐บ and look to be heading for a first leg win before a soft 89' penalty saves the Soviets.
Villa face FC Spartak Moscow ๐ท๐บ for the first time in competitive football, Spartak become the 128th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villaโs 15th continental European opponents and their first from Russia ๐ท๐บ.
A laughable penalty award in unmerited injury time secures Spartak ๐ท๐บ an ๐จ undeserved draw on their home patch but regardless Tony Barton's Villa secure two away goals as they draw in Moscow in the second round of the UEFA Cup.
Colin Gibson ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ scores his โฝ 5th goal in ๐ 14 matches, having scored โฝ three in his first ๐ 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.
Winger Tony Morley ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his ๐ 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.
What they Said
"We more than held our own and I think the penalty decision against Brendan Ormsby was harsh.โ
Tony Barton.








