Game #3804
Aston Villa
Saturday, 17 March 1984
Won
8th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 16,270
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Nottingham Forest
Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 82' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa beat Forest to climb back to eighth in the table as Nigel Spink sits on the sidelines after his Highfield Road concussion injury.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 March 1984
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | 82' Goal, 1-0, Steve McMahon, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa win in the League for only the second time in 1984 as they make it twelve wins, nine draws and eleven defeats in thirty two League games this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #45
League Match: #32
Manager Game: #127
Saturday, 17 March 1984
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Howard King | 🏴 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 127 | 🟩 | 58 🟨 | 25 🟥 44 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Howard King | 🏴 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Nottingham Forest
None
TEAM NEWS
Mervyn Day replaces Nigel Spink.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.47 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.57 |
Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 19.60 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Hans van Breukelen | 🇳🇱 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain (ex) | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴 |
W Steve Wigley | 🏴 |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴 |
CF Garry Birtles | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
F Ian Wallace | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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
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