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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

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

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

Villa

None

Coventry City

🟨

Keith Hackett

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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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