Game #3814
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 May 1984


Lost
8th= (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Ipswich Town
Portman Road
Attendance: 20,043
🟥 12 May 1984, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road
Ipswich Town
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 29' |
🟥 12 May 1984, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 May 1984
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Eric Gates
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 75’ Goal, 1-2, (Ipswich Town), Jean-Michel d'Avray
🔁 | Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Tony Dorigo 🟢
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 2-1 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
🟥 12 May 1984, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 May 1984
Tony Barton's 🏴 Villa finish the season with 🟩 seventeen wins, 🟨 nine draws and 🟥 sixteen defeats in forty two League.
Tony Barton's 🏴 Villa 🟥 lose their final game of the season to end their campaign joint eighth.
The final league table however sees them classified 10th level on points with West Ham after the previous season’s 6th placed finish.
Meanwhile in an act of pure commercial, football and moral vandalism the much derided chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis sacks Tony Barton 🏴 and sets Villa on course for a half decade of abject disaster.
Despite the inconsistency that was a hallmark of the season it was with surprise and great regret that this would prove to be the final game for Villa manager Tony Barton 🏴.
Having won the European Cup in his first season and achieved two top ten finishes, Barton was forced to work with an increasingly depleted squad as League title and European Cup winners were sold by Ellis without a coherent replacement plan.
Barton’s 🏴 departure signalled an acceleration of this break up of a squad that had conquered both England and Europe with Ellis setting the club on an inevitable course of under-performance over the next three seasons,
Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴 27 makes his 47th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Sheffield Wednesday in August 1984 for a fee of £350,000. Blair played for Villa between 1981-82 and 1983-84 before returning once again from 1985-86 to 1987-88 initially leaving with a record of 🟩 W22 🟨 D9 🟥 L16, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 7 Assists.
Left back Eamonn Deacy 🇮🇪 25 makes his 40th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (30 Starts) before moving on to Galway United in July 1984. Deacy 🇮🇪 left with a record of 🟩 W21 🟨 D7 🟥 L12, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 2 Assists.
Deacy 🇮🇪 is the sixth member of the fourteen man League title winning squad to have been sold by Ellis in the two years since winning the European Cup.
Deacy’s 🇮🇪 departure followed those of Kenny Swain 🏴, Jimmy Rimmer 🏴, David Geddis 🏴, Ken McNaught 🏴 and Tony Morley 🏴.
Left back Tony Dorigo 🏴 18 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his promotion from the Youth set up to become the 628th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Midfielder Dennis Mortimer 🏴 makes his 🕒 400th appearance in a Villa shirt.
🟥 12 May 1984, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road

DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | #628 | Youth team promotion
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 LB Eamon Deacy | 🇮🇪 | 1979-84 🕒 40 | ✅ 30 🔁 (10) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 22 | #609 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Ipswich Town


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81
🟥 12 May 1984, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #55
League Match: #42
Manager Game: #137
Saturday, 12 May 1984
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🟥 12 May 1984, Villa 1-2 Ipswich, Portman Road
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Martin Bodenham | 🏴 | Looe, 1981-1998
Kick off:
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Tony Barton | 🏴 | 1982-1984
🕒 137 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 | 25 🟥 49 | 1.56
Villa Career Form:
Top 8