Game #3803
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 13 March 1984
Drew
9th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,098
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
Coventry City
3-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Alan Curbishley | 24' |
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 13 March 1984
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Gerry Daly
⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-1, Allan Evans (pen)
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Alan Curbishley
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 2-2, (Coventry City), Sam Allardyce
🕒 | HT Coventry City 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 3-2, Paul Rideout
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Nigel Spink, Sub on, Ray Walker
💥 | 70’ Outfield player in goal, (Aston Villa), Peter Withe
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 3-3, (Coventry City), Terry Gibson
🕒 | FT Coventry City 3-3 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
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 13 March 1984
Villa are held by Coventry at Highfield Road after playing the final 24 minutes with Peter Withe 🏴 in goal after a serious head injury to Nigel Spink 🏴.
Coventry equalise late on despite Withe's efforts to leave Villa 9th in the table.
Villa make it 🟩 eleven wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 eleven defeats in 🕒 thirty one League games this season.
Before taking over in goal centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 scores his ⚽ 75th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 181st appearance doing so at a rate of one every 2.41 games.
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
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
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #44
League Match: #31
Manager Game: #126
Tuesday, 13 March 1984
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🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 126 | 🟩 | 57 🟨 | 25 🟥 44 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Alan Curbishley replaces Dennis Mortimer.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.17 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 32.56 |
Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 19.59 |
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Perry Suckling | 🏴 |
D Steve Jacobs | 🏴 |
CB Sam Allardyce | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
M Dave Bennett | 🏴 |
M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
F Keith Thompson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dave Bamber | 🏴 |
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ray Walker | 🏴 | for GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | F Keith Thompson | 🏴 | (W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 |)
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
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
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ray Walker | 🏴 | | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNAVAILABLE
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 13 Mar 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH REPORTS
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