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Game #3809

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 18 April 1984

Tottenham Hotspur

2-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

White Hart Lane

Attendance: 18,668

Lost

9th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | Andy Blair | 33' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa fall to a disputed penalty despite taking the lead at White Hart Lane through Mark Walters to sit ninth in the table under Tony Barton.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 18 April 1984

⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Andy Blair
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Gary Mabbutt
🟨 | 45' Booking, Steve McMahon, Dissent
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 1-2, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Graham Roberts
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Tony Barton's Villa lose successive matches to leave them with fourteen wins, nine draws and fourteen defeats in thirty seven League games this season.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Tottenham Hotspur

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1972-73

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #50
League Match: #37
Manager Game: #132
Wednesday, 18 April 1984

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 132 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 25 🟥 47 | 1.55

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 19 April 1983, Villa 1-0 Albion, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Colin Gibson and Peter Withe replace Des Bremner and Eamonn Deacy.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.76 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.66 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.89 |

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Keith Burkinshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Tony Parks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Graham Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Hazard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Steve Archibald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Micky Hazard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

"I didn't think it was a penalty. Williams couldn't get out of the way. He was falling down as the ball was kicked at him.” Tony Barton.

MATCH REPORT

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