1983–84 Aston Villa F.C. season

English football club season September 2026 October 2020 Aston Villa 1983–84 Doug Ellis Villa Park First Division 10th FA Cup Third round League Cup Semi-finals UEFA Cup Second round Peter Withe (16 goals) Peter With (20 goals) 1982–83 1984–85 Second City Derby 40--30--25 1982–83 1985–86 History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present) The 1983–84 English football season was Aston Villa's 5th season in Europe and 85th season in the Football League. Villa competed in the Football League First Division. Graham Turner left Shrewsbury after six seasons to take charge of Aston Villa in the summer of 1984. There were debut appearances for Paul Birch (173), Tony Dorigo (111), Steve McMahon (75), Paul Rideout (54), Mervyn Day (30), Dean Glover (28), Paul Kerr (24), and Steve Foster (15).https://www.avfchistory.co.uk/villa-seasons Aston Villa's Seasons AVFC History The pitch has been repaired following a Duran Duran concert in the summer at Villa Park. First Division 1983–84 Football League#First Division First Division y AVL Matches DateOpponentVenueResultNoteScorers 27 August 1983 West Bromwich Albion H 4–3 The Football League season commences. A seven-goal thriller at Villa Park sees Villa beat local rivals West Bromwich Albion 4–3.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-08-27.html 1983-08-27 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Steve McMahon becomes the 621st Villa player.https://avdb.co.uk/aston-villa/first-team/player/steve-mcmahon Steve McMahon | Player IQ | AVDB Aston Villa Database Allan Evans 17', Mark Walters 36', Gary Shaw 41', Brendan Ormsby 66' https://avdb.co.uk/aston-villa/seasons/season-iq/first-team Season IQ | AVDB Aston Villa Database 29 August 1983 Sunderland H 1–0 Notts County, West Ham United, Villa and Arsenal all win their first two matches of the First Division season to lead the table at the end of August.Smailes Gordon The Breedon Book of Football Records 2000 Breedon Books Derby 1859832148 152 Mark Walters 73' 3 September 1983 Queens Park Rangers A 1–2 — Peter Withe 90' 7 September 1983 Nottingham Forest A 2–2 — Peter Withe 17', Gary Shaw 69' 10 September 1983 Norwich City H 1–0 — Dennis Mortimer 12' 17 September 1983 Liverpool A 1–2 — Colin Gibson 84' 24 September 1983 Southampton H 1–0 Southampton's title challenge is hit with a 1–0 defeat away to Aston Villa, who go sixth in the table.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-09-24.html 1983-09-24 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Peter Withe 25' 1 October 1983 Luton Town A 0–1 — — 15 October 1983 Birmingham City H 1–0 In the first Second City derby of the season Villa beat Blues 1-0 at home in front of a crowd of 39,318. Peter Withe 29' 23 October 1983 Wolves A 1–1 The only league action of the day sees Villa draw 1–1 at home to local rivals Wolves.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-10-23.html 1983-10-23 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Peter Withe 32' https://avdb.co.uk/aston-villa/matches/first-team/1983-84-villa-4-0-wolverhampton-wanderers Aston Villa 4-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers | Match IQ | AVDB Aston Villa Database 29 October 1983 Arsenal H 2–6 Tony Woodcock scores five goals in Arsenal's 6–2 away win over Aston Villahttp://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-10-29.html 1983-10-29 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Tony Morley 37', Allan Evans 65' (pen) 5 November 1983 Manchester United A 2–1 Peter Withe scores twice as Aston Villa inflict a 2–1 defeat on Manchester United at Old Trafford, meaning that Liverpool can return to the top of the table if they win their game tomorrow.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-11-05.html 1983-11-05 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Peter Withe 34', 62' 12 November 1983 Stoke City H 1–1 — Peter Withe 54' 19 November 1983 Leicester City H 3–1 — Peter Withe 21', Paul Rideout 34', Steve McMahon 70' 26 November 1983 Notts County A 2–5 Notts County boost their bid to keep clear of the relegation zone with a 5–2 win over Aston Villa.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-11-26.html 1983-11-26 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Dennis Mortimer 53', Allan Evans 90' (pen) 3 December 1983 West Ham United H 1–0 West Ham United are beaten 1–0 by Aston Villa at Villa Park.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-12-03.html 1983-12-03 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Paul Rideout 78' 10 December 1983 Everton A 1–1 — Paul Rideout 60' 17 December 1983 Ipswich Town H 4–0 Liverpool return to the top of the First Division with a 5–0 home win over Notts County. Aston Villa keep up the pressure on the leading pack with a 4–0 home win over Ipswich Town. Caretaker manager Don Howe begins his spell in charge of Arsenal with a 3–1 home win over Watford. Coventry City miss the chance to close the gap on the leaders with a goalless draw at Norwich. QPR go fourth with a 2–0 home win over Everton.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-12-17.html 1983-12-17 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Own goal 3', Paul Rideout 56', Steve McMahon 68', Allan Evans 76' (pen) 26 December 1983 Watford A 2–3 — Alan Curbishley 70', Mark Walters 79' 27 December 1983 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–0 — — 31 December 1983 Queens Park Rangers H 2–1 — Allan Evans 69' (pen), Steve McMahon 80' 2 January 1984 Southampton A 2–2 — Steve McMahon, Gary Shaw 14 January 1984 West Bromwich Albion A 1–3 — Gary Shaw 46' 20 January 1984 Liverpool H 1–3 Ian Rush scores a hat-trick in Liverpool's 3–1 away win over Aston Villa in the First Division, increasing their lead at the top to five points, although their nearest challengers Manchester United can cut the gap to two points if they win at the weekend.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-01-20.html 1984-01-20 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Dennis Mortimer 16' 4 February 1984 Luton Town H 0–0 — — 11 February 1984 Norwich City A 1–3 — Gary Shaw 90' 18 February 1984 Arsenal A 1–1 In the First Division, Arsenal draw 1–1 with Aston Villa at Highbury.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-02-18.html 1984-02-18 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Allan Evans (pen) 25 February 1984 Wolves H 4–0 Wolves are now 13 points adrift of safety after losing 4–0 to local rivals Aston Villa in the First Division at Villa Park.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-02-25.html 1984-02-25 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Peter Withe (2), Paul Birch, Mark Walters 3 March 1984 Manchester United H 0–3 The Merseyside derby at Goodison Park ends in a 1–1 draw, allowing Manchester United to cut Liverpool's lead to two points by beating Aston Villa 3–0 at Villa Park.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-03-03.html 1984-03-03 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk — 10 March 1984 Stoke City A 0–1 — — 13 March 1984 Coventry City A 3–3 Midweek action in the First Division includes a six-goal thriller at Highfield Road, where local rivals Coventry City and Aston Villa draw 3–3.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-03-13.html 1984-03-13 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Allan Evans (pen), Peter Withe, Paul Rideout 17 March 1984 Nottingham Forest H 1–0 Nottingham Forest's title challenge is fading as they go down 1–0 at Aston Villa, as is West Ham's following a 4–1 defeat to Leicester City at Filbert Street.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-03-17.html 1984-03-17 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Steve McMahon 82' 24 March 1984 Sunderland A 1–0 — Mark Walters 43' 31 March 1984 Birmingham City A 1–2 — Peter Withe 29' 7 April 1984 Coventry City H 2–0 — Brendan Ormsby 34', Paul Birch 46' 14 April 1984 Leicester City A 0–2 — — 18 April 1984 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur remain in the hunt for another top-five finish by beating Aston Villa 2–1.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-04-18.html 1984-04-18 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Mark Walters 33' 21 April 1984 Watford H 2–1 — Dennis Mortimer 2', Steve Foster 59' 28 April 1984 Notts County H 3–1 — Mark Walters (2), Peter Withe 5 May 1984 West Ham United A 1–0 — Dennis Mortimer 19' 7 May 1984 Everton H 0–2 — — 12 May 1984 Ipswich Town A 1–2 — Peter Withe 29' Source: avfchistory.co.uk FA Cup 1983–84 FA Cup League Cup 1983–84 Football League Cup 30 Nov 1983: In the League Cup, there is a local derby at The Hawthorns, where Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 2–1.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-11-30.html 1983-11-30 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk Semi-final 1984 2 15 y 1st leg 2–0 Report Everton Sheedy 28 Richardson 82 Aston Villa Goodison Park Walton, Liverpool 40,006 L 15 Feb 1984: Everton beat Aston Villa 2–0 in the League Cup semi-final first leg.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-02-15.html 1984-02-15 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk 1984 2 22 y 2nd leg 1–0 Report Aston Villa P. Rideout 62 Everton Villa Park Aston, Birmingham 42,426 2–1 W 22 Feb 1984: Despite losing 1–0 to Aston Villa in the semi-final second leg, Everton are through to the League Cup final, securing them their first cup final for seven years.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1984-02-22.html 1984-02-22 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk UEFA Cup 1983–84 UEFA Cup Villa in Europe First round 14 September 1983 18:00 1st leg Vitória S.C. POR 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/988--vitoria-sc-vs-aston-villa/ ENG Aston Villa Gregório Freixo 82 pen. Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães 28,750 Joël Quiniou (France) L 28 Sep 1983: All four English entrants in the UEFA Cup – Watford, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa – progress to the second round.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-09-28.html 1983-09-28 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk 28 September 1983 20:45 2nd leg Aston Villa ENG 5–0 5–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/989--aston-villa-vs-vitoria-sc/ POR Vitória S.C. Withe 2 48 89Ormsby 56Gibson 74 Villa Park, Birmingham 23,732 Werner Föckler (West Germany) W Second round 1983 10 19 y 17:00 1st leg Spartak Moscow URS 2–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1055--spartak-moskva-vs-aston-villa/ ENG Aston Villa Gavrilov 52 89 pen. Gibson 47Walters 68 Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow 50,400 Roger Schoeters (Belgium) D 2 November 1983 20:30 2nd leg Aston Villa ENG 1–2 3–4 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/1056--aston-villa-vs-spartak-moskva/ URS Spartak Moscow Withe 2 Cherenkov 46 89 Villa Park, Birmingham 29,511 Egbert Mulder (Netherlands) L 2 Nov 1983: Tottenham eliminate Dutch side Feyenoord 6–2 on aggregate in the second round of the UEFA Cup. Watford eliminate Levski Sofia from the competition and Nottingham Forest oust PSV Eindhoven, but Aston Villa are edged out 4–3 on aggregate by Spartak Moscow.http://www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk/season/S1983-84/1983-11-02.html 1983-11-02 www.englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk See also List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics References Category:Aston Villa F.C. seasons Aston Villa