Game #3803
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 13 March 1984


Drew
9th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,098
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Coventry City
3-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Alan Curbishley | 24' |
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 13 March 1984
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Gerry Daly
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-1, Allan Evans (pen)
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Alan Curbishley
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 2-2, (Coventry City), Sam Allardyce
🕒 | HT Coventry City 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 3-2, Paul Rideout
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Nigel Spink, Sub on, Ray Walker
💥 | 70’ Outfield player in goal, (Aston Villa), Peter Withe
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 3-3, (Coventry City), Terry Gibson
🕒 | FT Coventry City 3-3 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 13 March 1984
Villa are held by Coventry at Highfield Road after playing the final 24 minutes with Peter Withe in goal after a serious head injury to Nigel Spink.
Coventry equalise late on despite Withe's efforts to leave Villa 9th in the table.
Villa make it eleven wins, nine draws and eleven defeats in thirty one League games this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #44
League Match: #31
Manager Game: #126
Tuesday, 13 March 1984
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🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 126 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 25 🟥 44 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alan Curbishley replaces Dennis Mortimer.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.56 |
Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 19.59 |
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |

Coventry City
GK Perry Suckling | 🏴 |
D Steve Jacobs | 🏴 |
CB Sam Allardyce | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴 |
M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
F Keith Thompson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dave Bamber | 🏴 |
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ray Walker | 🏴 | for GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F Keith Thompson | 🏴 | (W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 |)
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ray Walker | 🏴 | | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
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🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNAVAILABLE

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.


MATCH REPORTS
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