Game #3815
Saturday, 25 August 1984
Attendance: 20,070
Won
Division One
7th
Coventry City
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
Villa Park
Villa open the season, their first without either Ron Saunders or Tony Barton in eleven years with a win over Coventry at Villa Park.
Aston Villa
1-0
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 53' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
⚽ | 53' Goal, 1-0, Des Bremner, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner takes charge of Villa for the first time following Herbert Douglas Ellis' sacking of Tony Barton. Turner arrives from Shrewsbury Town who he managed to relative success on a tight budget in recent seasons and who is a well respected lower League manager. His move to Villa however is a shock and not universally welcomed as an obvious choice to succeed the great Ron Saunders / Tony Barton partnership and before that the tireless work of Vic Crowe. The appointment does however meet favour with the miserly intentions of the Chairman.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 25 August 1984
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 February 1984, League Cup, Villa 1-0 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Gordon Cowans makes his first appearance since the 1982-83 season after missing the entirety of the previous campaign through injury.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.15 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.01 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 20.24 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Bobby Gould | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Steve Foster | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
RB Kirk Stephens | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
LB Nicky Platnauer | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
M Martin Jol | 🇳🇱 |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |
W David Bennett | 🏴 |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴 |
CF Graham Withey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Graham Withey | 🏴 | (M Kenny Hibbitt | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
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