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Game #3838

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 26 December 1984

Drew

17th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Division One

Attendance: 30,971

Sheffield Wednesday

Hillsborough

Villa concede late to leave them with a draw at Hillsborough thanks to Paul Rideout's fourth goal in two games but fall back to 17th in the table under Graham Turner.

Sheffield Wednesday

1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 41' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 26 December 1984

⚽ | 41' Goal, 1-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 88' Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Mike Lyons
🔁 | 72' Sub off, Paul Rideout, Sub on, Didier Six
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa fail to win for the eleventh time in thirteen games to make it five wins in twenty one League games, whilst losing eight.

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #24 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Wednesday, 26 December 1984

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Norman Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1981-1986
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1981-1986
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 February 1984, Villa 4-0 Wolves, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Sheffield Wednesday

None

Norman Wilson

TEAM NEWS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.22 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.35 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.00 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

GK Martin Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gavin Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Peter Shirtliff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 | for CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Gavin Oliver | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (RB Mel Sterland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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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