Game #3839
Saturday, 29 December 1984
Attendance: 17,676
Lost
Division One
17th (-)
Nottingham Forest
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
City Ground
Villa open up a two goal lead at the City Ground before a late equaliser destabilises Graham Turner's side to such an extent that they conceded an 86' penalty, leaving them defeated and 17th in the table.
Nottingham Forest
3-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 17' | Peter Withe | 34' |
KEY MAN
RELATED MATCHES
MATCH TIMELINE
⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Tony Dorigo
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Peter Withe
🥅 | 42' Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest), Peter Davenport
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 2-2, (Nottingham Forest), Johnny Metgod
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-3, (Nottingham Forest, pen), Peter Davenport
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 3-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner's Villa fail to win for the twelfth time in fourteen games to make it five wins in twenty two League games, whilst losing nine.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 29 December 1984
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ian Hendrick | 🏴 | Preston, 1983–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ian Hendrick | 🏴 | Preston, 1983–1993 🆘
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 April 1984, Villa 2-1 Watford, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Nottingham Forest
None
TEAM NEWS
Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.23 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.36 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 19.01 |
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Nottingham Forest
GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
LB Jim McInally | 🏴 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴 |
D Bryn Gunn | 🏴 |
RB Kenny Swain (ex) | 🏴 |
M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
W Steve Wigley | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Christie | 🏴 |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Colin Walsh | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
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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