Game #3807
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 April 1984
Won
7th= (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,318
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-0
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 34' | Eamonn Deacy | 46' |
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 7 April 1984
⚽ | 34' Goal, 1-0, Brendan Ormsby, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 46' Goal, 2-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Eamonn Deacy
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Coventry City
🟨 | Booking, Andy Blair, Foul
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 April 1984
Villa bounce back from their surprise defeat to neighbours Birmingham with victory over Coventry to move to 7th in the table.
Tony Barton's 🏴 Villa make it 🟩 three wins in five as they see off Coventry at Villa Park and now have 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 twelve defeats in 🕒 thirty five League games this season.
Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴 keeps his ⛔ third clean sheet in 🕒 four games and has now 🥅 conceded 7 goals in 🕒 7 appearances in a Villa shirt.
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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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: ❌
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season 1983-84
Matchday: #48
League Match: #35
Manager Game: #130
Saturday, 7 April 1984
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🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 130 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 25 🟥 45 | 1.58
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 February 1983, Villa 2-0 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dennis Mortimer, Des Bremner and Eamonn Deacy replace Colin Gibson, Alan Curbishley and Paul Rideout.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.50 |
Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 32.03 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 19.86 |
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
Aston Villa
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Perry Suckling | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
LB Nicky Platnauer | 🏴 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Steve Jacobs | 🏴 |
M Martin Singleton | 🏴 |
W David Bennett | 🏴 |
M Gerry Daly | 🇮🇪 |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴 |
CF Tommy Langley | 🏴 |
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 | (M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 |)
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 |
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
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 | | 1 |
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 7 April 1984, Villa 2-0 Coventry, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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