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Game #3793

Aston Villa

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Tuesday, 17 January 1984

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ |

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

🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Paul Rideout, Not retreating at a free kick (1)
🟨 Peter Withe, Foul (23)

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

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.95 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.41 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.44 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-0

🟩 17 Jan 1984, Villa 2-0 Norwich, Carrow Road
Scorer(s) | Paul Rideout | 21' | Gary Shaw | 33' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 21' | Steve McMahon | 33' |

Match Timeline

🟨 | 11' Booking, Paul Rideout, Not retreating at a free kick
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Steve McMahon
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
🕒 | FT Norwich City 0-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Foul

Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #34
Manager Game: #116
Tuesday, 17 January 1984

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1978-1990
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Officials

Referee: Trelford Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Barnsley, 1978-1990

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 34 | 🟩 W19 (56% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(74% ) | 🟥 L9 (26% ) | ⚽ 58 | 🥅 42 | GD 16

Match Stats

Not recorded

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 116 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 22 🟥 39 | 1.61

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

League Cup

Norwich City

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Carrow Road

Attendance: 21,568

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Haylock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Age Hareide | 🇳🇴 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis van Wijk | 🇳🇱 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Devine | 🇮🇪 |
CF Keith Bertschin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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: 1961–62

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

64

63*

🔥

0

0

🟩

31

🟨

11

🟥

22

22

🥅

81

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

175

170

🔥

0

6

🟩

77

🟨

42

🟥

56

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

280

277

🔥

38

9

🟩

126

🟨

72

🟥

82

M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

211

208

🔥

9

9

🟩

99

🟨

50

🟥

62

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

169

164

🔥

9

10

🟩

85

🟨

33

🟥

51

M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

28

26

🔥

1

0

🟩

15

🟨

4

🟥

9

M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

4

3

🟩

12

🟨

9

🟥

8

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

383

383

🔥

33

70

🟩

177

🟨

100

🟥

106

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

173

173

🔥

72

30

🟩

88

🟨

35

🟥

50

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

186

183

🔥

75

22

🟩

93

🟨

38

🟥

55

CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

16

🔥

5

2

🟩

8

🟨

5

🟥

7

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
🕒

33

🔁

10

🔥

1

1

Sub 1

🟩

18

🟨

7

🟥

8

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa don't have long to wait to get revenge for their defeat in the FA Cup as they beat Norwich at Carrow Road to set up a League Cup semi final with Everton in February. 

  • But the game suffers a bizarre incident on 11' as the referee sends off Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for wearing rings only to change his mind after a volatile protest from Villa players and staff.

  • Forward Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores the opener to make it 75th goals in a Villa shirt on his 186th appearance (183 Starts) at a rate of a goal every 2.48 games.

  • Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 20th appearance having scored 1 in his first 10 games.

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