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ASTON VILLA 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 17, 1984 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 17, 1984 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Aston Villa
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Villa Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Stapleford & Sandiacre News - Thursday 22 March 1984
: AVFCHistory.co.uk (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1983-84
Referee:: W King
Sponsor:: Wrangler
Attendance:: 16,270
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 11 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sturm Graz (UEFA Cup)
League:: Notts County
Aston Villa:: Sep 05, 1984

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3240 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1653 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3667 (of 5724)
Total:: 5087 (of 7505)
Played:: 40 years, 1 month, 2 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WWDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals

ASTON VILLA
Manager: Tony Barton
Prior form: LDWLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Steve McMahon (82')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Hans van Breukelen
2	D	18	Des Walker
3	D	32	Kenny Swain
4	M	19	Chris Fairclough
5	D	30	Paul Hart
6	M	32	Ian Bowyer
7	F	22	Steve Wigley
8	F	22	Peter Davenport
9	F	27	Garry Birtles
10	M	21	Steve Hodge
11	M	21	Colin Walsh
Subs
12	F	27	Ian Wallace

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Mervyn Day
2	D	Colin Gibson
3	D	Brendan Ormsby
4	D	Allan Evans
5	D	Gary Williams
6	M	Paul Birch
7	M	Mark Walters
8	M	Alan Curbishley
9	M	Steve McMahon
10	F	Paul Rideout
11	F	Peter Withe
Subs
12		Bremner

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 17, 1984)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Everton	1-0	Ipswich Town
Leicester City	4-1	West Ham United
Manchester United	4-0	Arsenal
Norwich City	0-0	Luton Town
Notts County	2-1	Coventry City
Stoke City	2-1	Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur	0-1	West Bromwich Albion
Watford	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	Sunderland

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Liverpool	32	18	9	5	51	24	11	3	2	33	9	7	6	3	18	15	27	63	WDWDWL
	2	Manchester United	31	17	10	4	59	31	11	2	3	33	15	6	8	1	26	16	28	61	DWDWWW
	3	Nottingham Forest	31	17	5	9	55	34	10	3	3	32	14	7	2	6	23	20	21	56	WWDLLW
	4	Southampton	30	16	7	7	39	25	11	3	2	24	12	5	4	5	15	13	14	55	WDWWWW
	5	West Ham United	31	16	6	9	50	32	9	3	3	33	16	7	3	6	17	16	18	54	DWLLWD
	6	Queens Park Rangers	31	15	5	11	47	28	10	3	3	27	10	5	2	8	20	18	19	50	LWLDLW
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	31	12	8	11	48	48	7	3	5	23	20	5	5	6	25	28	0	44	WWDLWL
	8	Luton Town	30	13	5	12	44	44	6	4	6	26	25	7	1	6	18	19	0	44	DLDLDW
	9	Arsenal	31	12	6	13	50	43	6	4	6	26	21	6	2	7	24	22	7	42	LLDWDW
	10	Norwich City	31	11	9	11	35	35	8	4	4	24	15	3	5	7	11	20	0	42	DWLWLL
	11	Aston Villa	31	11	9	11	46	49	10	3	3	26	18	1	6	8	20	31	-3	42	LDWLLD
	12	Watford	30	12	5	13	57	58	6	4	4	30	26	6	1	9	27	32	-1	41	LWWWDL
	13	Coventry City	31	10	10	11	42	43	5	4	6	22	20	5	6	5	20	23	-1	40	LLDLLD
	14	Birmingham City	30	11	6	13	31	34	6	2	6	15	13	5	4	7	16	21	-3	39	WDDWWW
	15	Everton	29	9	10	10	26	33	5	6	3	12	9	4	4	7	14	24	-7	37	WWDDDL
	16	Sunderland	30	9	10	11	31	41	6	7	3	21	14	3	3	8	10	27	-10	37	LDDLDW
	17	Leicester City	30	9	8	13	48	52	7	4	4	27	22	2	4	9	21	30	-4	35	DLLWWL
	18	West Bromwich Albion	30	9	6	15	33	49	6	3	5	18	19	3	3	10	15	30	-16	33	LLDDLD
	19	Ipswich Town	31	9	5	17	38	49	7	2	6	24	20	2	3	11	14	29	-11	32	LLLLLL
	20	Stoke City	31	8	8	15	28	50	7	3	5	18	18	1	5	10	10	32	-22	32	LWWWLW
	21	Notts County	30	6	7	17	38	59	3	5	6	23	29	3	2	11	15	30	-21	25	LLDLDW
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	5	8	17	24	59	3	6	7	14	24	2	2	10	10	35	-35	23	LDDLWD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
1	1	Manchester United	32	18	10	4	63	31	12	2	3	37	15	6	8	1	26	16	32	64	WDWWWW	Safe	4-0
1	2	Liverpool	32	18	9	5	51	24	11	3	2	33	9	7	6	3	18	15	27	63	WDWDWL	Safe
	3	Nottingham Forest	32	17	5	10	55	35	10	3	3	32	14	7	2	7	23	21	20	56	WDLLWL		0-1
	4	Southampton	30	16	7	7	39	25	11	3	2	24	12	5	4	5	15	13	14	55	WDWWWW
	5	West Ham United	32	16	6	10	51	36	9	3	3	33	16	7	3	7	18	20	15	54	WLLWDL		1-4
	6	Queens Park Rangers	32	15	5	12	47	29	10	3	3	27	10	5	2	9	20	19	18	50	WLDLWL		0-1
1	7	Luton Town	31	13	6	12	44	44	6	4	6	26	25	7	2	6	18	19	0	45	LDLDWD		0-0
3	8	Aston Villa	32	12	9	11	47	49	11	3	3	27	18	1	6	8	20	31	-2	45	DWLLDW		1-0
3	9	Watford	31	13	5	13	58	58	7	4	4	31	26	6	1	9	27	32	0	44	WWWDLW		1-0
3	10	Tottenham Hotspur	32	12	8	12	48	49	7	3	6	23	21	5	5	6	25	28	-1	44	WDLWLL		0-1
1	11	Norwich City	32	11	10	11	35	35	8	5	4	24	15	3	5	7	11	20	0	43	WLWLLD		0-0
3	12	Arsenal	32	12	6	14	50	47	6	4	6	26	21	6	2	8	24	26	3	42	LDWDWL		0-4
	13	Coventry City	32	10	10	12	43	45	5	4	6	22	20	5	6	6	21	25	-2	40	LDLLDL		1-2
1	14	Everton	30	10	10	10	27	33	6	6	3	13	9	4	4	7	14	24	-6	40	WDDDLW		1-0
1	15	Birmingham City	31	11	6	14	32	36	6	2	6	15	13	5	4	8	17	23	-4	39	DDWWWL		1-2
1	16	Leicester City	31	10	8	13	52	53	8	4	4	31	23	2	4	9	21	30	-1	38	LLWWLW		4-1
1	17	Sunderland	31	9	11	11	31	41	6	7	3	21	14	3	4	8	10	27	-10	38	DDLDWD		0-0
	18	West Bromwich Albion	31	10	6	15	34	49	6	3	5	18	19	4	3	10	16	30	-15	36	LDDLDW		1-0
1	19	Stoke City	32	9	8	15	30	51	8	3	5	20	19	1	5	10	10	32	-21	35	WWWLWW		2-1
1	20	Ipswich Town	32	9	5	18	38	50	7	2	6	24	20	2	3	12	14	30	-12	32	LLLLLL		0-1
	21	Notts County	31	7	7	17	40	60	4	5	6	25	30	3	2	11	15	30	-20	28	LDLDWW		2-1
	22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	5	9	17	24	59	3	7	7	14	24	2	2	10	10	35	-35	24	DDLWDD		0-0

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