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Game #3845

Aston Villa

10-7-10, 37 PTS

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Saturday, 2 March 1985

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 55' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Peter Withe, Late tackle (29)
🟨 Colin Gibson, Dissent (17)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

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 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-1

🟥 2 Mar 1985, Villa 0-1 Leicester, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🕒 | 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

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 2 March 1985

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ilford, 1981-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Officials

Referee: Danny Vickers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ilford, 1981-1989

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 65 | 🟩 W22 (34% ) | 🟨 D13 | 🇺(54% ) | 🟥 L30 (46% ) | ⚽ 116 | 🥅 132 | GD -16

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 31 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 7 🟥 12 | 1.39

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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Division One

Leicester City

9-6-12, 33 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 16,285

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Mark Bright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Villa remain 10th but lose in the League for the first time in 1985 after four successive wins.

  • 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.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

85

84*

🔥

0

0

🟩

39

🟨

16

🟥

30

29

🥅

106

LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

21

16

🔥

0

1

🟩

8

🟨

5

🟥

8

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

322

319

🔥

42

9

🟩

141

🟨

81

🟥

100

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

112

108

🔥

4

1

🟩

48

🟨

29

🟥

35

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

223

218

🔥

0

9

🟩

94

🟨

51

🟥

78

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

214

209

🔥

14

15

🟩

102

🟨

43

🟥

69

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

50

🔥

4

4

🟩

22

🟨

12

🟥

17

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

350

334

🔥

52

54

🟩

160

🟨

81

🟥

109

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

101

87

🔥

19

16

🟩

45

🟨

17

🟥

39

CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

54

47

🔥

18

6

🟩

22

🟨

11

🟥

21

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

219

219

🔥

87

44

🟩

106

🟨

44

🟥

69

Substitutes
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🔥

GK Sub

🟩

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🟥

🥅

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🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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