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Game #3808

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 April 1984

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Lost

9th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Leicester City

Filbert Street

Attendance: 13,366

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

Leicester City

2-0

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 April 1984

🟢 | 1' Debut, Steve Foster
🥅 | 16' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), John O’Neill
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Paul Kerr 🟢
🥅 | 85' Goal, 0-2, (Leicester City), Ian Banks
🕒 | FT Leicester City 2-0 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

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 April 1984

  • Villa fall to ninth in the table as they are beaten at Filbert Street.

  • Tony Barton's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa fail to score for the tenth time this season and now have 🟩 fourteen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 thirty six League games this season. 

  • Centre back Steve Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 26 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Brighton in March 1984 for a fee of £150,000 to become the 626th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. 

  • Midfielder Paul Kerr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after gradutating from the youth ranks to become the 627th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #626 | £150,000 signing from Brighton
🟢 M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #627 | Youth Team promotion

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

Leicester City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Leicester City

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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #49
League Match: #36
Manager Game: #131
Saturday, 14 April 1984

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🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Arnold Challinor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Maltby, 1977-1984
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🕒 131 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 25 🟥 46 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Arnold Challinor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Maltby, 1977-1984
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 31 August 1982, Villa 0-5 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

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

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve Foster (debut) replaces Brendan Ormsby.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.80 |

Oldest Player |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32.05 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.88 |

Referee

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

MANAGER

Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

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Aston Villa

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Bob Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
LB Bobby Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Ramsey | 🇬🇧 |
M Andy Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Tommy English | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Lineker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Bob Hazell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Ian Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

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Substitutes

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

Squad Bios

🟥 14 Apr 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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