Game #3771
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 October 1983


Won
8th (+3)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Birmingham City
Villa Park
Attendance: 39,318
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Birmingham City

Assist(s) | None
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 October 1983
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
🟥 | 62' Sending off, Colin Gibson
🔁 | 74' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Des Bremner
💥 | 75' Missed penalty, (Birmingham City), Noel Blake
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
🟨 | Booking, Dennis Mortimer
🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson
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
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 October 1983
Thuggish Birmingham resort to fists and butts as they are widely condemned for their "disgraceful' behaviour, meanwhile Villa claim another three points to climb back to 8th in table.
A typically embarrassing performance from Small Heath sees the yobbish protagonists being led by two players who couldn't make the grade at Villa. The toe curlingly embarrassing Robert Hopkins and Noel Blake simply highlighted the gulf in class between the two clubs on and off the pitch.
Tony Barton's 🏴 Villa make it 🟩 five wins, 🟨 one draw and 🟥 three defeats in 🕒 nine League games as Peter Withe's 🏴 ⚽ eighth of the season dispatches near neighbours Birmingham at Villa Park.
Colin Gibson 🏴 is 🟥 sent off for the second time in his Villa career on his 🕒 157th appearance.
Midfielder Des Bremner 🏴 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt but for the third time in 🕒 6 games it is from the 🔁 substitutes bench.
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

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
Birmingham City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #12
League Match: #9
Manager Game: #94
Saturday, 15 October 1983
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🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Allison | 🏴 | Lancaster, 1980-1997 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 94 | 🟩 | 46 🟨 | 15 🟥 33 | 1.63
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Allison | 🏴 | Lancaster, 1983-1994 🆘
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟥 Colin Gibson
🟨 Dennis Mortimer
🟨 Steve McMahon
🟨 Colin Gibson
CARDS

🟨 🟨 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Tony Morley replaces Gary Shaw.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.15 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 19.38 |
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984

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 Tony Morley | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Ron Saunders | 🏴 | (ex)

Birmingham City
GK Tony Coton | 🏴 |
D Billy Wright | 🏴 |
CB Jim Hagan | 🏴 |
CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Noel Blake (ex) | 🏴 | 🤡 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴 |
M Mick Halsall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Robert Hopkins (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🤡 |
M Tony Rees | 🏴 |
W Howard Gayle | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴 |
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Des Bremner | 🏴 | for M Tony Morley | 🏴 | 74' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Kevan Broadhurst | 🏴 | (CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴 |)

🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
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
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | | 200 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 96 | 46 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 15 Oct 1983, Villa 1-0 Birmingham, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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