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Game #3876

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 October 1985

Aston Villa

1-2

Newcastle United

Division One

Newcastle United

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,633

Lost

16th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 15' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose their fourth successive game to sit 16th in the table under Graham Turner.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 October 1985

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Paul Gascoigne
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle United
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-2, (Newcastle United), Peter Beardsley
🔁 | 81' Sub off, Brendan Ormsby, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United

🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the fourth successive League game to make it six defeats in fourteen Division One matches and just three wins as they remain in 16th place in the table.

Meanwhile, Andy Gray scores his first League goal for the club in twelve game since his return as Brendan Ormsby played his final game for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Leeds United in February 1986 for a fee of £65,000.

Ormsby had played for Villa between 1978-79 and 1985-86 making 140 appearances and scoring 7 goals.

Also moving on was Ray Walker, who played his final game for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Port Vale in July 1986 for a fee of £12,000.

Walker had played for Villa between 1982-83 and 1985-86 making 27 appearances.

Aston Villa

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

Newcastle United

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 26 October 1985

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 16 🟥 24 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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TEAM NEWS

David Norton replaces Gary Williams.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.37 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.93 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.83 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Willie McFaul | 🇬🇧 |

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Newcastle United

GK Martin Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Anderson | 🇮🇪 |
LB John Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ian Stewart | 🇬🇧 |
F George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

🟢 CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1983-85 | 🕒 27 | 18 (9) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 13 | #619 |
🔴 Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1977-85 | 🕒 140 | 136 (4) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 13 | #598 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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