Game #3846
Aston Villa
Saturday, 9 March 1985
Drew
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 21,853
Norwich City
Carrow Road
Norwich City
2-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa recover from their first League defeat of 1985 to take the initiative at Carrow Road with a brace of Allan Evans penalties but after losing Steve McMahon to injury in the first half they concede a last minute equaliser to remain 10th in the table.
KEY MAN
Allan Evans, scored a brace of penalties to put Villa ahead but Norwich hit back in the final minute, Saturday, 9 March 1985.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 9 March 1985
🔁 | 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
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner's Villa bounce back from defeat with a draw as Allan Evans hits two penalties to recover from two goals down however Villa make it just nine wins in twenty eight League games, whilst losing ten. Meanwhile, Darren Bradley made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from school football in July 1982.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Norwich City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62
FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 9 March 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1981–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 32 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 8 🟥 12 | 1.38
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1981–1993
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Norwich City
None
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 |
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ken Brown | 🏴 |
Norwich City
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 | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Darren Bradley | 🏴 | 🟢 | for M Steve McMahon | 🏴 | 32' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Louie Donowa | 🏴 | (W Gary Rowell | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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
🟢 W Darren Bradley | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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