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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

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES