Game #3814
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 May 1984
Ipswich Town
2-1
Aston Villa
Division One
Ipswich Town
Portman Road
Attendance: 20,043
Lost
8th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 29' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 May 1984
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Eric Gates
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-2, (Ipswich Town), Jean-Michel d'Avray
🔁 | Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Tony Dorigo 🟢
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 2-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Tony Barton's Villa lose successive games and finish the season joint eighth after seventeen wins, nine draws and sixteen defeats in forty two League games this season.
Despite the inconsistency that was a hallmark of the season it was with surprise and great regret that this would prove to be the final game for Villa manager Tony Barton; having won the European Cup in his first season and achieved two top ten finishes, Barton was forced to work with an increasingly depleted squad as League title and European Cup winners were sold seemingly without a coherent replacement plan.
Indeed Barton’s departure signalled an acceleration of the break up of the squad that had conquered both England and Europe and set the club on an inevitable course of under-performance over the next three seasons as Chairman Herbert Doug Ellis’ senseless policy of destruction bit hard.
Sadly Barton would not be around to help nurture a promising crop of youngsters in the Villa ranks including left back Tony Dorigo who made his Villa debut on the final day of the season aged 18 after joining from school football in 1981.
More experienced names were on their way out however as Andy Blair made his final appearance aged 27 before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday in August 1984 for a fee of £350,000.
Blair played for Villa between 1981-82 and 1983-84 before returning once again from 1985-86 to 1987-88.
Meanwhile, full back Eamonn Deacy made his final Villa appearance aged 25 before moving on to Galway United in July 1984.
Deacy played for Villa between 1979-80 and 1983-84 making 39 appearances and scoring once.
Deacy was the sixth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad to have been sold by Ellis in the two years since winning the European Cup.
Deacy’s departure followed those of Kenny Swain, Jimmy Rimmer, David Geddis, Ken McNaught and Tony Morley.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Ipswich Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #55
League Match: #42
Manager Game: #137
Saturday, 12 May 1984
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴 | Looe, 1981-1998
Kick off:
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 137 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 | 25 🟥 49 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴 | Looe, 1981-1998
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Mark Walters and Paul Birch replace Ray Walker and Paul Kerr.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.61 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.72 |
Youngest Player |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 | 19.96 |
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔴 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 | 🔴 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bobby Ferguson | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
Ipswich Town
GK Paul Cooper | 🏴 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 |
RB Frank Yallop | 🇨🇦 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴 |
M Trevor Putney | 🏴 |
M Tommy Parkin | 🏴 |
M Steve McCall | 🏴 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Sunderland | 🏴 |
CF Jean-Michel d'Avray | 🇿🇦 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
🔁 | LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 🟢 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
MATCHDAY SQUAD
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
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
🟢 LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
🔴 LB Eamon Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 1979-84 | 🕒 40 | 30 (10) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 22 | #608 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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