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Game #3858

Saturday, 4 May 1985

Attendance: 12,467

Won

Division One

10th (-)

Sunderland

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Roker Park

Villa hammer second from bottom Sunderland to record their ninth win in eighteen League games in 1985 and remain 10th in the first division table five points clear of Albion in eleventh.

Sunderland

0-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 21' | Colin Gibson | 34' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Mark Walters
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa
💥 Sunderland reduced to 10-men after Gayle injured and Armstrong already substituted
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 3-0, Steve McMahon
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 4-0, Peter Withe
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🕒 | FT Sunderland 0-4 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa win for a second successive game to make it fourteen wins in forty League games, whilst also losing fourteen.

Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 4 May 1985

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 October 1984, League Cup, Villa 3-1 Scunthorpe, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Sunderland

None

Norman Glover

TEAM NEWS

Steve McMahon, Paul Birch, Dean Glover and Darren Bradley replace Allan Evans, Paul Rideout, Brendan Ormsby and Tony Daley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.53 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.70 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.35 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Len Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Sunderland

GK Chris Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Reuben Agboola | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CB Gary Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clive Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Howard Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 💥 |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Reuben Agboola | 🇳🇬 | (M Gordon Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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 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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MATCHDAY QUOTES