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Game #3829

Aston Villa

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Tuesday, 30 October 1984

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986
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Substitutes

🔁 | W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 | for M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Tony Dorigo and Paul Kerr replace Paul Rideout and Didier Six.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.88 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.19 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.84 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-1

🟥 30 Oct 1984, Villa 0-1 QPR, Loftus Road
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), John Gregory
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Paul Kerr, Sub on, Didier Six

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Tuesday, 30 October 1984

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1976-1984
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Eric Read | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1976-1984

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 23 | 🟩 W7 (30% ) | 🟨 D6 | 🇺(57% ) | 🟥 L10 (43% ) | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 30 | GD -4

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 15 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 2 🟥 7 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

League Cup

Queens Park Rangers

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Loftus Road

Attendance: 12,547

GK Peter Hucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Warren Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Waddock | 🇮🇪 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gary Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Wayne Fereday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alan Mullery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Jeremy Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Mervyn Day | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

29

29

🔥

0

1

🟩

12

🟨

4

🟥

13

6

🥅

48

LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

5

🔥

0

0

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

4

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

96

92

🔥

3

1

🟩

42

🟨

24

🟥

30

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

308

305

🔥

41

9

🟩

136

🟨

76

🟥

96

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

209

204

🔥

0

8

🟩

90

🟨

46

🟥

73

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

198

193

🔥

11

11

🟩

96

🟨

38

🟥

64

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

38

37

🔥

2

3

🟩

18

🟨

7

🟥

13

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

339

324

🔥

51

53

🟩

156

🟨

78

🟥

105

M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

3

🔥

2

0

🟩

1

🟨

0

🟥

6

M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

63

63

🔥

6

5

🟩

26

🟨

14

🟥

23

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

203

203

🔥

86

39

🟩

100

🟨

39

🟥

64

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

F Didier Six | 🇫🇷 |
🕒

6

🔁

1

🔥

0

2

Sub 1

🟩

2

🟨

1

🟥

3

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Life under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 worsens as John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 returns to haunt Villa with a winning goal in the third round of the League Cup.

  • Villa are now without a win in 🕒 four, 🟥 losing three.

  • Having 🥅 conceded 17 goals in his 🕒 first 15 appearances Goalkeeper Mervyn Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has now 🥅 conceded 31 in his last 14 games in a Villa shirt.

What they Said

"I felt we were a bit unlucky. I thought we defended well and looked reasonable.”

Graham Turner.

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