Game #3868
Saturday, 14 September 1985
Attendance: 12,198
Drew
Division One
12th (+1)
Coventry City
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Villa Park
Villa face their third consecutive derby game as they are held by Coventry at Villa Park with new signing Steve Hodge scoring his second goal in four to send Villa 12th.
Aston Villa
1-1
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 10' |
KEY MAN
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Paul Culpin
⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-1, Steve Hodge, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner’s Villa play a third successive game against a neighbouring team but can once again only draw as they now have two wins in eight League matches this season.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 14 September 1985
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴 | West Kirby, 1981-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴 | West Kirby, 1981-1993
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 March 1983, Villa 2-0 Notts County, Villa Park.
Cards: None
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Colin Gibson (first start in 7) replaces Darren Bradley.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.16 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 29.81 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 17.92 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Don Mackay | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |
M David Bowman | 🏴 |
F Paul Culpin | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Micky Gynn | 🏴 | (W David Bennett | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Darren Bradley | 🏴 |
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
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