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Game #3846

Aston Villa

10-8-10, 38 PTS

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Saturday, 9 March 1985

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🔁 | M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

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

Steve McMahon and Paul Kerr (first start in 14) replace Paul Birch and Paul Rideout.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.81 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.55 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.20 |

Debut Appearances

🟢 W Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #631 | Youth team promotion

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

2-2

🟨 9 Mar 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road
Scorer(s) | Allan Evans | 58' (pen) | 71' (pen) |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

🔁 | 32' Sub off, Steve McMahon, Sub on, Darren Bradley 🟢
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Paul Haycock
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 2-1, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-2, (Norwich City), Gary Rowell
🕒 | FT Norwich City 2-2 Aston Villa

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 9 March 1985

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1982–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Officials

Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1982–1990

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 37 | 🟩 W19 (51% ) | 🟨 D8 | 🇺(73% ) | 🟥 L10 (27% ) | ⚽ 63 | 🥅 49 | GD 14

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 32 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 8 🟥 12 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Division One

Norwich City

10-8-10, 38 PTS

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Carrow Road

Attendance: 21,853

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Haylock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis van Wijk | 🇳🇱 |
M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Barham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Gary Rowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

None

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: 1961–62

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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

86

85*

🔥

0

0

🟩

39

🟨

17

🟥

30

29

🥅

108

LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

22

17

🔥

0

1

🟩

8

🟨

6

🟥

8

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

323

320

🔥

44

9

🟩

141

🟨

82

🟥

100

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

113

109

🔥

4

1

🟩

48

🟨

30

🟥

35

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

224

219

🔥

0

9

🟩

94

🟨

52

🟥

78

M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

215

210

🔥

14

15

🟩

102

🟨

44

🟥

69

M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

11

7

🔥

2

0

🟩

1

🟨

4

🟥

6

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

351

335

🔥

52

54

🟩

160

🟨

82

🟥

109

M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

78

78

🔥

6

5

🟩

31

🟨

19

🟥

28

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

102

88

🔥

19

16

🟩

45

🟨

18

🟥

39

CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

220

220

🔥

87

44

🟩

106

🟨

45

🟥

69

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

1

🔁

1

🔥

0

0

Sub 1

🟩

0

🟨

1

🟥

0

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa draw at Carrow Road as Allan Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 hits two penalties but lose Steve McMahon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to injury in the first half before conceding a last minute equaliser to remain 10th in the table.

  • Villa make it just nine wins in twenty eight League games, whilst losing ten under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Darren Bradley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following promotion through the youth ranks to become the 631st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

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