Game #3863
Aston Villa
0-1-2, 1 PTS

Saturday, 24 August 1985
21st (-)
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ
GK Nigel Spink | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Dean Glover | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Tony Dorigo | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ray Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
M David Norton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Paul Birch | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Steve McMahon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐ด |
W Mark Walters | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Andy Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
Graham Turner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1984-1986

Substitutes
๐ | W Tony Daley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Ray Walker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
David Norton replaces Gary Williams.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.39 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | 29.75 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | ๐ด ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 19.66 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
๐ด M Steve McMahon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1983-85 ๐ 91 | โ 91 ๐ (0) | โฝ 7 | ๐ฅ 6 | ๐บ 0 | #621 |
On This Day
Villa ๐ฅ lose for the second time in ๐ three games under Graham Turner ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ to sit 21st in the early first division table.
Graham Turnerโs ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Villa have now ๐ฅ lost four of their ๐ last five.
Even more concerning is that having already sold Paul Rideout ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, a fellow shining light of the 1984-85 season goes.
Midfielder Steve McMahon ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 24 makes his 91st and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Liverpool in September 1985 for a fee of ยฃ350,000. McMahon left with a record of ๐ฉ W35 ๐จ D21 ๐ฅ L35, โฝ 7 Goals and ๐ฅ6 Assists.
Starting XI
Substitutes
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 2
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 3
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ

Lost
1-2
๐ฅ 24 Aug 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 68' |
Assist(s) | Steve McMahon | 68' |
Match Timeline
๐ฅ
| 3' Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Gary Bannister
๐ฅ | 38' Missed Penalty, Steve McMahon
๐ | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Queens Park Rangers
โฝ | 68' Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Steve McMahon
๐ฅ
| 89' Goal, 1-2, (Queens Park Rangers), Gary Bannister
๐ | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Queens Park Rangers
๐ | Sub off, Ray Walker, Sub on, Tony Daley
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 24 August 1985
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Turner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Neil Midgley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Salford, 1978-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฅ 0-1
FT Result: ๐ฅ Lost
FT Score: ๐ฅ 1-2
Last 5: ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐ฅ
Officials
Referee: Neil Midgley | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Salford, 1978-1991
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Turner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1984-1986
๐ 49 | ๐ฉ | 17 ๐จ | 12 ๐ฅ 20 | 1.29
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
What they Said
Division One
Queens Park Rangers
2-0-1, 6 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 11,896
GK Peter Hucker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Ian Dawes | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Gary Chivers | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Alan McDonald | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐จ |
CB Terry Fenwick | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Robbie James | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
M Gary Waddock | ๐ฎ๐ช |
M Martin Allen | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M John Gregory (ex) | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF John Byrne | ๐ฎ๐ช | ๐ |
CF Gary Bannister | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | โฝ |
Jim Smith | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Substitutes
๐ | CF John Byrne | ๐ฎ๐ช | (W Wayne Fereday | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: โ
League Champions: โ
FA Cup Winners: โ
League Cup Winners: ๐
Last Trophy: 1966-67
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table

1985-86
Playing Squad


























