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Game #3854

Tuesday, 16 April 1985

Attendance: 13,267

Lost

Division One

10th (-)

Chelsea

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Stamford Bridge

Villa are beaten at Stamford Bridge to leave them with successive League losses for the first time since September but Graham Turner's side remain 10th in the table after four defeats and seven wins in their last fourteen League games.

Chelsea

3-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), John Bumstead
🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-2 (Chelsea), Allan Evans o.g.
🕒 | HT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea, pen), Mickey Thomas
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-3, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Chelsea 3-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa lose for the second successive match to make it twelve wins in thirty six League games, whilst losing thirteen.

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Tuesday, 16 April 1985

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards:

CARDS

Villa

None

Chelsea

None

Howard King

TEAM NEWS

Nigel Spink, Dean Glover and Paul Birch (first start in 9) replace Kevin Poole, Brendan Ormsby and Didier Six.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.23 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.65 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.30 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Chelsea

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Terry Howard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Gordon Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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