Villa vs.
Vitória Guimarães
🟩 28 September 1983, Villa 5-0 Vitória, Villa Park.


Game #3768
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Werner Föckler | 🇩🇪 | Ellerstadt, 1982-1990
HT Score: 1-0
FT Result: Won
FT Score: 5-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #9
European Match: #2
Manager Game: #91
Wednesday, 28 September 1983
Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 2' | 48' | 89' | Brendan Ormsby | 56' | Colin Gibson | 74' |
Assist(s) | Tony Morley | 2' | 48' | Dennis Mortimer | 56' | Steve McMahon | 74' | Mark Walters | 89' |
Match Timeline

Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
M Mark Jones | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 |

Starting XI
GK Silvino Louro | 🇵🇹 |
LB Joachim Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Alfredo Murça | 🇵🇹 | 🟥 |
LB Laureta | 🇵🇹 |
LB Flávio das Neves | 🇵🇹 |
D Amândio Barreiras | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
RB Gregório Freixo | 🇵🇹 |
M Paquito | 🇵🇹 |
M Nivaldo | 🇧🇷 |
W Orlando António Fonseca da Costa | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Eldon | 🇧🇷 |
Substitutes
🔁 | D Amândio Barreiras | 🇵🇹 | (CF Paulo Ricardo | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | W Orlando António Fonseca da Costa | 🇵🇹 | (F Júlio | 🇵🇹 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK António Jesus | 🇵🇹 |
M Barrinha | 🇵🇹 |
F Da Silva | 🇵🇹 |
Match Timeline
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Vitória Guimarães
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 3-0, Brendan Ormsby, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 4-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Steve McMahon
🟥 | 77' Sending off, (Vitória Guimarães), Murça
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 5-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-0 Vitória Guimarães
🟨 | Booking, Steve McMahon, Foul
On This Day
Villa hammer Vitória in the second half of their first round UEFA Cup tie at Villa Park as Peter Withe 🏴 hits a ⚽ hat-trick.
After a surprise defeat in the away leg Tony Barton's 🏴 Villa progress to the UEFA Cup second round.
Vitória however leave their mark on Villa Park with a thuggish performance that delivered just the one red card from referee Werner Föckler.
Right Back Gary Williams 🏴 makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (155 Appearances).
Colin Gibson 🏴 ⚽ scores for the second successive game and for the third time in his last 🕒 10 appearances having scored ⚽ three in his previous 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.
Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴 ⚽ scores a hat-trick on his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt.
🟥 14 September 1983, Villa 0-1 Vitória, Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.


Game #3765
Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Joël Quiniou | 🇫🇷 | Paris, 1980–1994
Kick off: 5.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Season: 1983-84
Matchday: #6
European Match: #1
Manager Game: #88
Wednesday, 14 September 1983
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline

Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Substitutes
🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴 | for M Andy Blair | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴 | for CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 81’ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
M Mark Jones | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |

Starting XI
GK Silvino Louro | 🇵🇹 |
LB Joachim Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Alfredo Murça | 🇵🇹 |
LB Laureta | 🇵🇹 |
D Amândio Barreiras | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gregório Freixo | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ |
M Barrinha | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
M Paquito | 🇵🇹 |
M Nivaldo | 🇧🇷 |
F Da Silva | 🇵🇹 | 🔁 |
CF Eldon | 🇧🇷 |
Substitutes
🔁 | M Barrinha | 🇵🇹 | (LB Flávio das Neves | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | F Da Silva | 🇵🇹 | (W Orlando António Fonseca da Costa | 🇵🇹 |)
Unused Substitutes
GK António Jesus | 🇵🇹 |
F Júlio | 🇵🇹 |
CF Paulo Ricardo | 🇵🇹 |
Match Timeline
🕒 | HT Vitória Guimarães 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Andy Blair, Sub on, Mark Walters
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Paul Rideout, Sub on, Tony Morley
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 0-1, (Vitória Guimarães, pen), Gregório Freixo
🕒 | FT Vitória Guimarães 1-0 Aston Villa
On This Day
Villa fall to a late penalty in Portugal to carry a deficit into the second leg at Villa Park.
Villa face Vitória Guimarães for the first time in competitive football, Vitória become the 127th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 14th continental European opponents and their first from Portugal.
Tony Barton's Villa suffer a surprise defeat in the UEFA Cup and fail to score for the first time this season as they narrowly lose at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques thanks to an over-generous referee and soft penalty.