Game #3781
Saturday, 26 November 1983
Attendance: 8,960
Lost
Division One
9th (-3)
Notts County
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Meadow Lane
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.
Notts County
5-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 53' |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 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
Previous 5 vs. Notts County: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
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: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: George Tyson | 🏴 | Sunderland, 1978-1990
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 January 1983, Villa 1-3 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Notts County
None
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Larry Lloyd | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | 🟨 |
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
🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Ian McParland | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
M Mark Jones | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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