Game #3840
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 1 January 1985
Aston Villa
3-1
West Brom
Division One
West Bromwich Albion
Villa Park
Attendance: 31,710
Won
16th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 29' | Paul Rideout | 57' | Peter Withe | 60' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 1 January 1985
🥅 | 13' Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion, pen), Derek Statham
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-1, Colin Gibson, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 57' Goal, 2-1, Paul Birch, Assist by Paul Rideout
⚽ | 60' Goal, 3-1, Paul Rideout, Assist by Peter Withe
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 West Bromwich Albion
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner's Villa open 1985 with their first win in three to make it six wins in twenty three League games, whilst losing nine.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
West Bromwich Albion
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Tuesday, 1 January 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 7 🟥 10 | 1.31
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.24 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.36 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 19.02 |
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 Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |
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West Bromwich Albion
GK Tony Godden | 🏴 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
F Nicky Cross | 🏴 |
CF Carl Valentine | 🇨🇦 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 84' |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | CB Aly Robertson | 🏴 | (CF David Cross | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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