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Game #3870

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 25 September 1985

Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Attendance: 5,325

Exeter City

St James' Park

Simon Stainrod scores all four goals on debut as Villa beat fourth division Exeter in the second round of the League Cup.

Exeter City

1-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Allan Evans | 11' | Paul Birch | 16' | Tony Dorigo | 55' | Brendan Ormsby | 71' |

KEY MAN

Simon Stainrod, scores all four goals on debut as Villa beat fourth tier Exeter in the second round of the League Cup, Wednesday, 25 September 1985.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 25 September 1985

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Simon Stainrod
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Allan Evans
⚽ | 16’ Goal, 2-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Exeter City 0-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | Goal, 2-1, (Exeter City), Tony Kellow
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Dorigo
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 4-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Brendan Ormsby
🟥 | 84' Sending off, Darren Bradley
🟥 | 84' Sending off, (Exeter City), Darren Gale
🕒 | FT Exeter City 1-4 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa beat Fourth Division side Exeter City in the first leg of the League Cup second round as Simon Stainrod, 26, scores all four Villa goals on debut after moving from Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month for a fee of £250,000.

Aston Villa

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

Exeter City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Exeter City

Previous 5 vs. Exeter: 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #56 |
Wednesday, 25 September 1985

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 56 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 15 🟥 20 | 1.39

Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Peter Tyldesley

CARDS

Villa

None

Exeter City

None

TEAM NEWS

Darren Bradley, Ray Walker and Simon Stainrod (debut) replace Colin Gibson, Andy Gray and Tony Daley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.76 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 28.97 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.75 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Exeter City

Not Recorded

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

Not Recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not recorded

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not Recorded

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

Not Recorded

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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