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Game #3836

Aston Villa

Saturday, 15 December 1984

Aston Villa

0-0

Liverpool

Division One

Liverpool

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,007

Drew

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa fail to score for the third time in four games as they remain 18th in the table but hold Liverpool as Phil Neal demonstrates a master class in getting away with persistent fouling.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 December 1984

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa fail to win for the tenth time in eleven games to make it five wins in nineteen League games, whilst losing eight. Meanwhile, Alan Curbishley made his final appearance aged 27 before moving to Charlton Athletic later this month. Curbishley played for Villa between 1982-83 and 1984-85 making 43 appearances and scoring once.

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Liverpool

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 15 December 1984

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Darryl Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Uxbridge, 1975-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 22 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 6 🟥 9 | 1.23

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Darryl Reeves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Uxbridge, 1975-1989
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 January 1983, Villa 1-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Tony Dorigo and Paul Birch replace Gordon Cowans and Steve McMahon.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.54 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.32 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.97 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Joe Fagan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
LB Alan Kennedy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Nicol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Phil Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 |
M Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jan Mølby | 🇳🇴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1983-84 | 🕒 43 | 41 (2) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 8 | #618 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"There was no way Walters was going to get past Neal. He [Neal] did his stuff [persistent fouling] and I don't blame him. I just wonder why the referee waited so long before doing anything, because as it was we lost out ever time we created an opening." Graham Turner.

MATCH REPORT

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