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Game #3763

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 7 September 1983

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Drew

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Attendance: 16,363

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

Nottingham Forest

2-2

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Aston Villa

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🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 7 September 1983

⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Colin Gibson
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Peter Davenport
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 69’ Missed penalty, Gary Shaw, Referee ordered a retake
💥 | 69’ Missed penalty, Gary Shaw
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-2, (Nottingham Forest), Gary Birtles
🔁 | 89' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Paul Rideout
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 7 September 1983
  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa bounce back from a first loss of the season to record a draw after being pegged back twice by Forest. 

  • Villa take the lead before Gary Shaw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 misses two penalties, one retaken, hitting in the rebound of the latter but Forest score five minutes from the end to take a share of the points as Villa stay 8th.

  • Villa make it 🟩 two wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 one defeat in 🕒 four League games so far this season. 

  • Lining up for Forest, one Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 of League and European Cup winning fame with Villa. A player who Herbert Douglas Ellis had moved on the previous season in order to "cut costs." 

  • Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 management was effectively being carried out with one hand constantly being tied behind his back.

  • Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (145 Starts).

  • Centre Back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (46 Starts).

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

League 🕒 83 | 🟩 42 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 24 | ⚽ 158 | 🥅 114 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Away 🕒 49 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 21 | ⚽ 72 | 🥅 88 |

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #4
League Match: #4
Manager Game: #86
Wednesday, 7 September 1983

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🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 86 | 🟩 | 42 🟨 | 14 🟥 30 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1974-1985

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.87 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.04 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.28 |

Referee

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Hans van Breukelen | 🇳🇱 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Todd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Birtles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 89' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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W Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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

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

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 7 Sep 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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