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Game #3781

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 November 1983

Notts County

5-2

Aston Villa

Division One

Notts County

Meadow Lane

Attendance: 8,960

Lost

9th (-3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 53' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa suffer a shock, and shocking, defeat at Meadow Lane as they conceded five for the second time in seven games to fall back to 9th in the table.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 November 1983

🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Notts County), Trevor Christie
🥅 | 17' Goal, 0-2, (Notts County), John Chiedozie
🕒 | HT Notts County 2-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 53' Goal, 1-2, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Colin Gibson
🥅 | 68' Goal, 1-3, (Notts County), Rachid Harkouk
🔁 | 70' Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Mark Walters
💥 | 74' Missed penalty, Trevor Christie
💥 | 74' Referee Tyson orders retake
🥅 | 74' Goal, 1-4, (Notts County, pen), Trevor Christie
🥅 | 80' Goal, 1-5, (Notts County), John Chiedozie
⚽ | 90' Goal, 2-5, Allan Evans (pen)
🕒 | FT Notts County 5-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Paul Rideout, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa suffer a second heavy defeat in seven games, this time to fourth from bottom Notts County, as a result Villa make it seven wins, three draws and five defeats in fifteen League games this season as they fall to 9th in the table. Meanwhile, Mark Jones made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Brighton in March 1984 in exchange for defender Steve Foster. Jones played for Villa between 1981-82 and 1983-84 making 33 appearances.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Notts County

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1893-94

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Notts County

Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #22
League Match: #15
Manager Game: #104
Saturday, 26 November 1983

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: George Tyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-5
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 104 | 🟩 | 50 🟨 | 18 🟥 36 | 1.62

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Tyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sunderland, 1978-1990
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 January 1983, Villa 1-3 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨 🟨 🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Colin Gibson and Alan Curbishley replace Steve McMahon and Mark Walters.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.97 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.26 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.30 |

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Larry Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Notts County

GK Seamus McDonagh | 🇮🇪 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pedro Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Goodwin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Chiedozie | 🇳🇬 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
F Rachid Harkouk | 🇩🇿 | ⚽ |
CF Justin Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Ian McParland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🔴 M Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-83 | 🕒 33 | 26 (7) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 9 | #616 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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