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Game #3806

Aston Villa

Saturday, 31 March 1984

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Lost

8th= (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Birmingham City

St Andrew's

Attendance: 23,993

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

Birmingham City

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Paul Rideout | 29' |

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 31 March 1984

🥅 | 8' Goal, 0-1, (Birmingham City), Byron Stevenson
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Paul Rideout
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 46' Goal, 1-2, (Birmingham City), Howard Gayle
🔁 | 70' Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Des Bremner
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 2-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 31 March 1984

Tony Barton's Villa lose to near neighbours Birmingham despite Peter Withe's twenty first goal of the season. As a result Villa make it thirteen wins, nine draws and twelve defeats in thirty four League games this season.

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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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

Birmingham City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1962-63

Aston Villa

Birmingham City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Birmingham City

Previous 5 vs. Birmingham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #47
League Match: #34
Manager Game: #129
Saturday, 31 March 1984

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🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: John Hunting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1968-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 129 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 25 🟥 45 | 1.57

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Hunting | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Leicester, 1968-1984
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 1 November 1980, Villa 0-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Tony Barton names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.51 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.61 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.64 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Birmingham City

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark McCarrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Pat van den Hauwe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Jim Hagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Brian Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mick Halsall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Kuhl | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robert Hopkins (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Howard Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Byron Stevenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Tony Rees | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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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 Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 31 March 1984, Villa 1-2 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

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