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Game #3853

Aston Villa

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Monday, 8 April 1985

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🔁 | M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 |

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨 Brendan Ormsby, Foul
🟨 Gary Williams, Foul

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Tony Dorigo replaces Gordon Cowans.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.81 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.63 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.28 |

  • Villa concede after 10' and lose to Albion at the Hawthorns for only their 🟥 third defeat in thirteen League games as they remain 10th in the first division.

  • Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa see their three game winning run end as they fail to score for the fifteenth time this season.

  • This goalscoring blank however was an extraordinary one with Villa laying almost constant siege to the Albion goal from first to last. 

  • Villa make it 🟩 twelve wins in 🕒 thirty five League games, whilst also 🟥 losing twelve. 

  • Centre forward Didier Six 🇫🇷 makes his 18th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (14 Starts) before moving on to Metz 🇫🇷 in June. Six 🇫🇷 had only joined Villa in October and left with a record of 🟩 W6 🟨 D6 🟥 L6, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 2 Assists.

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Lost

0-1

🟥 8 Apr 1985, Villa 0-1 Albion, Hawthorns
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline:

🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Carl Valentine
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | Sub off, Didier Six, Sub on, Ray Walker
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Foul

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Monday, 8 April 1985

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

🔴 W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 | 1984-85 🕒 18 | ✅ 14 🔁 (4) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 4 | #629 |

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 10 🟥 14 | 1.41

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
3
🟩
2
🟨
0
3
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
🥅
2
1
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
28
🟩
10
🟨
1
23
🟨
8
🟥
0
0
🟥
10
1
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
329
🟩
143
🟨
35
326
🟨
84
🟥
4
46
🟥
102
9
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
120
🟩
51
🟨
12
116
🟨
32
🟥
1
5
🟥
37
2
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
231
🟩
97
🟨
12
226
🟨
54
🟥
0
0
🟥
80
9
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
84
🟩
34
🟨
5
84
🟨
20
🟥
1
6
🟥
30
5
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
227
🟩
109
🟨
30
227
🟨
47
🟥
2
87
🟥
71
44
F Didier Six | 🇫🇷 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
18
🟩
6
🟨
2
14
🟨
6
🟥
0
2
🟥
6
2
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
221
🟩
105
🟨
16
216
🟨
45
🟥
3
14
🟥
71
16
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
109
🟩
48
🟨
7
95
🟨
20
🟥
0
20
🟥
41
17
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
58
🟩
25
🟨
2
51
🟨
11
🟥
0
20
🟥
22
6
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
17
🟩
5
🟨
1
7
🟨
7
🟥
0
0
🟥
5
1
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

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The Hawthorns

Attendance: 21,044

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Barry Cowdrill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Carl Valentine | 🇨🇦 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | M Gary Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF David Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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