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Game #3785

Aston Villa

9-4-5, 31 PTS

Saturday, 17 December 1983

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Won

7th (+3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

Division One

Ipswich Town

6-4-8, 22 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 16,548

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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Ipswich Town

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🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 17 December 1983

⚽ | 3’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Ian Cranson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 54' Goal, 2-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 68' Goal, 3-0, Steve McMahon
⚽ | 76' Goal, 4-0, Allan Evans (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Ipswich Town

🟨 | Booking, Eamonn Deacy, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Dissent

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

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 17 December 1983
  • Paul Rideout scores for the third successive game as Villa hammer Ipswich to climb back to seventh in the table.

  • Tony Barton's Villa hammer Ipswich at Villa Park to make it nine wins, four draws and five defeats in eighteen League games this season.

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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

Ipswich Town

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81

FIXTURE HISTORY
Ipswich Town
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Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #26
League Match: #18
Manager Game: #108
Saturday, 17 December 1983

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🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1982-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 108 | 🟩 | 53 🟨 | 19 🟥 36 | 1.65

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1982-1989

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Eamonn Deacy, Foul
🟨 Mark Walters, Dissent

CARDS
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🟨 🟨 🟨

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

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Nigel Spink, Alan Curbishley and Peter Withe replace Mervyn Day, Paul Birch and Ray Walker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.04 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.32 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.35 |

Referee

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Bobby Ferguson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK Paul Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Irvin Gernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Putney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Tommy Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McCall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
F Eric Gates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Mariner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | D Irvin Gernon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Jean-Michel d'Avray | 🇿🇦 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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

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

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

UNAVAILABLE
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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not Recorded

Unavailable
LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 17 Dec 1983, Villa 4-0 Ipswich, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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