Game #3794
Aston Villa
Friday, 20 January 1984
9th (-1)
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 Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
LB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.96 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.42 |
Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 19.45 |
Villa take the lead but concede three second half goals to Ian Rush as they fall back to 9th in the table.
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.
Scorer(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 16' |
Assist(s) | Paul Rideout | 16' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 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
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #35
League Match: #24
Manager Game: #117
Friday, 20 January 1984
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1978-1992
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1978-1992
Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 117 | 🟩 | 55 🟨 | 22 🟥 40 | 1.60
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,566
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 | 🇮🇪 |
Joe Fagan | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1982-83
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“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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