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Game #3780

Aston Villa

7-3-4, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 19 November 1983

6th (+2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

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

🔁 | M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 59' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

Nigel Spink and Mark Walters replace Mervyn Day and Colin Gibson.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.23 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.24 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.28 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

3-1

🟩 19 Nov 1983, Villa 3-1 Leicester, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 21' | Paul Rideout | 34' | Steve McMahon | 70' |

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 21' | Gary Williams | 34' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Mark Walters
⚽ | 34' Goal, 2-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Gary Williams
🥅 | 44' Goal, 2-1, (Leicester City, pen), Steve Lynex
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City
🔁 | 59' Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Alan Curbishley
⚽ | 70' Goal, 3-1, Steve McMahon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Leicester City

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #21
League Match: #14
Manager Game: #103
Saturday, 19 November 1983

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1982–1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Officials

Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1982–1988

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 62 | 🟩 W22 (35% ) | 🟨 D13 | 🇺(56% ) | 🟥 L27 (44% ) | ⚽ 116 | 🥅 124 | GD -8

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 103 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 | 18 🟥 35 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Division One

Leicester City

1-4-9, 7 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 19,024

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M David Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Ramsey | 🇬🇧 |
M Kevin MacDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Lynex | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Lineker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M David Rennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (F Tommy English | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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: 1963-64

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

52

51*

🔥

0

0

🟩

26

🟨

8

🟥

18

18

🥅

62

RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

32

32

🔥

0

1

🟩

15

🟨

2

🟥

15

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

166

161

🔥

0

5

🟩

73

🟨

40

🟥

53

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

267

264

🔥

35

9

🟩

121

🟨

68

🟥

78

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

67

63

🔥

2

0

🟩

30

🟨

18

🟥

19

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

370

370

🔥

31

68

🟩

172

🟨

96

🟥

102

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

6

5

🔥

0

1

🟩

5

🟨

1

🟥

0

M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

19

19

🔥

1

2

🟩

9

🟨

5

🟥

5

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

48

38

🔥

7

5

🟩

21

🟨

7

🟥

20

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

162

162

🔥

71

29

🟩

84

🟨

32

🟥

46

CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

10

7

🔥

1

1

🟩

4

🟨

3

🟥

3

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

🔁

2

🔥

0

0

Sub 1

🟩

11

🟨

3

🟥

6

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa dispense with lowly Leicester at Villa Park to make it 🟩 three wins in four unbeaten 🕒 games as they climb back to 6th in the table.

  • Villa make it 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 three draws and 🟥 four defeats in 🕒 fourteen League games this season.

  • Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 🔥 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 166th appearance.

  • Midfielder Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 19th appearance.

  • Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 10th appearance.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt in 🕒 162 appearances at a rate of one every 1.62 games.

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