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Game #3873

Wednesday, 9 October 1985

Attendance: 7,678

Won

League Cup 2nd Round

2nd Round

Exeter City

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Villa win 12-2 on aggregate against fourth tier Exeter as Andy Gray scores his first goal for Villa since March 1979 against Tottenham whilst Gary Williams scores for the first time in his seven year career.

Aston Villa

8-1

Exeter City

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 36' |

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 16' Goal, 1-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 19' Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray
⚽ | 29' Goal, 3-0, Simon Stainrod
⚽ | 35' Goal, 4-0, Brendan Ormsby
⚽ | 36' Goal, 5-0, Gary Williams, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 42' Goal, 6-0, Gary Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 6-0 Exeter City
🥅 | 49' Goal, 6-1, (Exeter City), Alan Crawford
⚽ | 58' Goal, 7-1, Paul Birch
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 84' Goal, 8-1, Brendan Ormsby
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 8-1 Exeter City

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa beat Fourth Division side Exeter City in the second leg of the League Cup second round as Andy Gray scores his first goals for the club since his return.

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 | #13 |
Manager Game | #59 |
Wednesday, 9 October 1985

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
HT Score 🟩 6-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 8-1
Aggregate Result: 🟩 Won
Aggregate Score: 🟩 12-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Peter Tyldesley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1979–1991
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 25 September 1985, League Cup, Villa 4-1 Exeter, St James' Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Exeter City

None

Peter Tyldesley

TEAM NEWS

Colin Gibson replaces Darren Bradley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.88 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.78 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Colin Appleton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Exeter City

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Graeme Kirkup | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Keith Viney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jim McNichol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB John Impey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nicky Marker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Ling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Alan Crawford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Ray Pratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Tony Kellow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Gary Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steve Harrower | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 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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MATCHDAY QUOTES