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Game #3772

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 19 October 1983

2nd Round

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ

GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Gary Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Des Bremner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
M Steve McMahon | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Mark Walters | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ |
CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Tony Barton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984
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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: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ 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 | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 32.16 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.39 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

2-2

๐ŸŸจ 19 Oct 1983, Villa 2-2 Spartak
Scorer(s) | Colin Gibson | 47' | Mark Walters | 68' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

๐Ÿ•’ | HT Spartak Moscow 0-0 Aston Villa
โšฝ | 47โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson
๐Ÿฅ… | 52โ€™ Goal, 1-1, (Spartak Moscow), Yuri Gavrilov
โšฝ | 68โ€™ Goal, 2-1, Mark Walters
๐Ÿฅ… | 90โ€™+1 Goal, 2-2, (Spartak Moscow, pen), Yuri Gavrilov
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Spartak Moscow 2-2 Aston Villa

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #13
European Match: #3
Manager Game: #95
Wednesday, 19 October 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Roger Schoeters | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช | Mol, 1983
HT Score: ๐ŸŸจ 0-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸจ Drew
FT Score: ๐ŸŸจ 2-2
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ

Officials

Referee: Roger Schoeters | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช | Mol, 1983

Previous 5 vs. Spartak: None

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 1 | ๐ŸŸฉ W0 (0% ) | ๐ŸŸจ D1 | ๐Ÿ‡บ(100% ) | ๐ŸŸฅ L0 (0% ) | โšฝ 2 | ๐Ÿฅ… 2 | GD 0

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1982-1984

๐Ÿ•’ 95 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 46 ๐ŸŸจ | 16 ๐ŸŸฅ 33 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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UEFA Cup

FC Spartak Moscow

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Attendance: 49,980

GK Rinat Dasaev | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
RB Vladimir Sochnov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
RB Gennadiy Morozov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
CB Boris Pozdnyakov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
CB Aleksandr Bubnov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
LB Sergey Bazulev | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ | ๐ŸŸจ |
M Evgeniy Kuznetsov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ | ๐ŸŸจ | ๐Ÿ” |
M Fedor Cherenkov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
F Yuriy Gavrilov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ | โšฝ | โšฝ |
CF Sergey Rodionov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
CF Sergey Argudyaev | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | ๐Ÿ” |

Konstantin Beskov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | M Evgeniy Kuznetsov | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ | ๐ŸŸจ | (M Valeriy Gladilin | ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ |)
๐Ÿ” | CF Sergey Argudyaev | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | (F Yuriy Reznik | ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ |)

Unused Substitutes

Not Recorded

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸจ

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

Soviet Top League: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Soviet Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1979

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

45

โœ…

44*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

22

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

16

โ›”

17

๐Ÿฅ…

49

LB Gary Williams | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

159

โœ…

154

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

4

๐ŸŸฉ

69

๐ŸŸจ

38

๐ŸŸฅ

52

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

259

โœ…

256

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

32

9

๐ŸŸฉ

117

๐ŸŸจ

66

๐ŸŸฅ

76

CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

59

โœ…

55

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

0

๐ŸŸฉ

26

๐ŸŸจ

16

๐ŸŸฅ

17

M Des Bremner | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

201

โœ…

198

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

9

8

๐ŸŸฉ

96

๐ŸŸจ

47

๐ŸŸฅ

58

M Colin Gibson | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

158

โœ…

153

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

8

8

๐ŸŸฉ

79

๐ŸŸจ

31

๐ŸŸฅ

48

M Steve McMahon | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

11

โœ…

11

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

5

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

3

M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

362

โœ…

362

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

30

67

๐ŸŸฉ

168

๐ŸŸจ

94

๐ŸŸฅ

100

W Mark Walters | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

42

โœ…

33

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

6

3

๐ŸŸฉ

19

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

18

W Tony Morley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

175

โœ…

165

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

33

33

๐ŸŸฉ

84

๐ŸŸจ

35

๐ŸŸฅ

56

CF Peter Withe | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

154

โœ…

154

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

64

28

๐ŸŸฉ

80

๐ŸŸจ

30

๐ŸŸฅ

44

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa take the game to Spartak ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ and look to be heading for a first leg win before a soft 89' penalty saves the Soviets.

  • Villa face FC Spartak Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ for the first time in competitive football, Spartak become the 128th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villaโ€™s 15th continental European opponents and their first from Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ.

  • A laughable penalty award in unmerited injury time secures Spartak ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ an ๐ŸŸจ 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 ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ scores his โšฝ 5th goal in ๐Ÿ•’ 14 matches, having scored โšฝ three in his first ๐Ÿ•’ 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

  • Winger Tony Morley ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ makes his ๐Ÿ•’ 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.

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