Game #3845
Aston Villa
Saturday, 2 March 1985
Aston Villa
0-1
Leicester City
Division One
Leicester City
Villa Park
Attendance: 16,285
Lost
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 2 March 1985
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
🥅 | 48' Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Alan Smith
🔁 | 55' Sub off, Paul Rideout, Sub on, Steve McMahon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Leicester City
🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Dissent
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner's Villa see their strong early League form in 1985 come to an end as they fail to score for the twelfth time this season to make it nine wins in twenty seven League games, whilst losing ten.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Leicester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 2 March 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 31 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 7 🟥 12 | 1.39
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴 | Ilford, 1979-1990
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 13 March 1984, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None
TEAM NEWS
Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.66 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.53 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 19.18 |
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Gordon Milne | 🏴 |
Leicester City
GK Ian Andrews | 🏴 |
RB Andy Feeley | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Williams | 🏴 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Paul Ramsey | 🇬🇧 |
M Andy Peake | 🏴 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴 |
M Ian Banks | 🏴 |
M Steve Lynex | 🏴 |
CF Gary Lineker | 🏴 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Steve McMahon | 🏴 | for CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | 55' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Mark Bright | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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