Game #3842
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 January 1985
Won
12th (+4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Attendance: 15,226
Highfield Road
Coventry City
0-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Paul Rideout | 32' | Peter Withe | 65' | 71' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa win consecutive League games for the first time since the opening two matches of the season as they secure an easy victory at Highfield Road - their fifth win in their last sixteen first division games. Villa climb to 12th in the table, their highest position since October.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 January 1985
🟢 | 1’ Debut, David Norton
🟨 | 19' Booking, Colin Gibson, Trip
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Paul Rideout
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Peter Withe
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 3-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Peter Withe
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-3 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner's Villa win their second League game in succession in 1985 to make it seven wins in twenty four League games, whilst losing nine. Meanwhile, David Norton made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from school football in June 1981.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 19 January 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 28 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 7 🟥 11 | 1.32
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Hutchinson | 🏴 | Cambridgeshire, 1978-1990
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 17 September 1983, Villa 1-2 Liverpool, Anfield.
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Dean Glover and David Norton (debut) replace Gordon Cowans and Gary Williams.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.25 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.41 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 19.07 |
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Don Mackay | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
RB Kirk Stephens | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |
M David Bowman | 🏴 |
W David Bennett | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W David Bennett | 🏴 | (CF Bob Latchford | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player 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
🟢 M David Norton | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“The break [a trip to Bermuda] will give us the chance to get in some hard work.
“I think we can win a place in Europe.
“We have a very young, talented team learning quickly with each match.
“I was pleased with our defensive performance, particularly as we had two youngsters making their League debuts.”
Graham Turner gets over excited after beating bottom four side Coventry.
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