Game #3851
Aston Villa
Saturday, 30 March 1985
Won
10th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 27,971
Tottenham Hotspur
White Hart Lane
Tottenham Hotspur
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 21' | Brendan Ormsby | 75' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa beat title chasing Tottenham at White Hart Lane to make it six wins in eleven League games in 1985 as the much improved form under Graham Turner continues with Villa 10th in the table.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 30 March 1985
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Kevin Poole
⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 61' Sub off, Tony Dorigo, Sub on, Ray Walker
⚽ | 75' Goal, 2-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Brendan Ormsby
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner's Villa win for a second consecutive match having not won in the previous five, as are result Villa make it eleven wins in thirty three League games, whilst losing eleven. Meanwhile, Goalkeeper Kevin Poole made his Villa debut aged 21 after joining from school football in June 1980.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 30 March 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 37 | 🟩 | 14 🟨 | 10 🟥 13 | 1.41
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Tottenham Hotspur
None
TEAM NEWS
Kevin Poole (debut) and Dean Glover replace Nigel Spink and Allan Evans.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.12 |
Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 | 33.61 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 19.26 |
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 | 🟢 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Peter Shreeves | 🏴 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Ray Clemence | 🏴 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴 |
LB Mark Bowen | 🏴 |
M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴 |
M Steve Perryman | 🏴 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Ray Walker | 🏴 | for LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 61' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Osvaldo Ardiles | 🇦🇷 | (M Garry Brooke | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
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
🟢 GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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