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Game #3783

Aston Villa

8-3-5, 27 PTS

Saturday, 3 December 1983

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Won

7th (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

9-3-4, 30 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 21,297

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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West Ham United

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Assist(s) | Gary Williams | 78' |

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 3 December 1983

🔁 | 17’ Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Eamonn Deacy
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Gary Williams
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 West Ham United

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 3 December 1983

  • Tony Barton's Villa beat high-flying West Ham courtesy of a strike by 19 year old Paul Rideout, as a result Villa make it eight wins, three draws and five defeats in sixteen League games this season as they climb back to 8th in the table. 

  • Paul Rideout scores his second goal for the club as Villa record a narrow win over second placed West Ham to climb back to seventh in the table.

  • Meanwhile, Tony Morley made his last appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving on to West Bromwich Albion later this month for a fee of £75,000. Morley played for Villa between 1979-80 and 1983-84 making 180 appearances and scoring 29 goals winning the league title, and the European Cup. Morley became the fifth player from the 14 man League winning squad to be sold within just 18 months of the team being crowned Champions of Europe.

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1979-83 | 🕒 179 | 169 (10) | ⚽ 34 | 🔥 33 | 🇺 7 | #603 |

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Aston Villa

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

West Ham United

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

Aston Villa

West Ham United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Ham United

Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #24
League Match: #16
Manager Game: #106
Saturday, 3 December 1983

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🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 106 | 🟩 | 52 🟨 | 18 🟥 36 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 October 1982, Villa 1-2 Notts County, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Morley and Ray Walker replace Alan Curbishley and Peter Withe.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.94 |

Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.68 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.32 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, 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 Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neil Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Frank Lampard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Devonshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Brooking | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Whitton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Neil Orr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
55
54*
0
0
28
8
19
68
19
0
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, 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

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“We rode our luck a bit with two off the line but I think we just edged it.” Tony Barton.
Quotes

🟩 3 December 1983, Villa 1-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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