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Game #3774

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 October 1983

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

League Cup

Portsmouth

Villa Park

Attendance: 20,898

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

3-2

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Portsmouth

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 85' | Steve McMahon | 103' |

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 26 October 1983

🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Alan Biley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Portsmouth
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-1, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 79’ Goal, 1-2, (Portsmouth), Kevin Dillon
⚽ | 85' Goal, 2-2, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Portsmouth
⚽ | 103’ Goal, 3-2, Mark Walters, Assist by Steve McMahon
🕒 | AET Aston Villa 3-2 Portsmouth

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 26 October 1983

Tony Barton's Villa need extra time to finally see off second division Portsmouth in the League Cup at Villa Park.

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Portsmouth

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

Aston Villa

Portsmouth

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #15
Manager Game: #97
Wednesday, 26 October 1983

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🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
AET Result: 🟩 Won
AET Score: 🟩 3-2
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 5-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 97 | 🟩 | 47 🟨 | 17 🟥 33 | 1.63

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: David Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackburn, 1972-1985
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 April 1982, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟨

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 26.14 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.18 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.41 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Gerry Francis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Portsmouth

GK Alan Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Richard Money | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mick Tait | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
D Steve Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bob Doyle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Alan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Hateley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Biley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | D Steve Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (F Nicky Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
47
46*
0
0
23
8
16
52
17
0
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 26 October 1983, Villa 3-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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