Game #3794
Aston Villa
Friday, 20 January 1984
Lost
9th (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 19,566
Liverpool
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-3
Liverpool
Assist(s) | Paul Rideout | 16' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa take the lead but concede three second half goals to Ian Rush as they fall back to 9th in the table.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Friday, 20 January 1984
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Paul Rideout
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Liverpool
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool), Ian Rush
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-2, (Liverpool), Ian Rush
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-3, (Liverpool), Ian Rush
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa lose to Liverpool despite taking a first half lead as a second half hat-trick makes it ten wins, six draws and eight defeats in twenty four League games this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Liverpool
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1982-83
FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #35
League Match: #24
Manager Game: #117
Friday, 20 January 1984
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Half Time Score: 1-0
Full Time Result: Lost
Full Time Score: 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 117 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 22 🟥 40 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 December 1982, Villa 0-3 Birmingham, St Andrews'.
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Liverpool
None
TEAM NEWS
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.96 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.42 |
Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 19.45 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Joe Fagan | 🏴 |
Liverpool
GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Nicol | 🏴 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴 |
M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 |
M Sammy Lee | 🏴 |
M Graeme Souness | 🏴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“They [Liverpool] adapted much better than us to the difficult conditions and showed why they are top of the league and still chasing everything."
Tony Barton.
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