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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 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

Leicester City

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 14 April 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

🟥 14 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 April 1984

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. Meanwhile, Steve Foster made his Villa debut aged 26 after moving from Brighton in March 1984 for a fee of £150,000. Midfielder Paul Kerr also made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from school football in June 1980.

🟥 14 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Steve Foster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🟢 M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

🟥 14 April 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 April 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 131 | 🟩 | 60 🟨 | 25 🟥 46 | 1.56

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1982-1984

🟥 14 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

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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
Manager

🟥 14 April 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 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟥 14 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 14 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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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

🟥 14 April 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

🟥 14 April 1984, Villa 0-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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MATCH REPORTS

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