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Game #3883

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 27 November 1985

Won

4th Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

League Cup

Attendance: 18,629

West Bromwich Albion

The Hawthorns

West Brom

1-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 23' | Simon Stainrod | 63' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa win at the Hawthorns for the second time this season as they progress to the League Cup quarter finals at Albion's expense,

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 27 November 1985

⚽ | 23’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Gary Shaw
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 2-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Steve Hunt
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa beat bottom of the table Albion in the League Cup fourth round replay at the Hawthorns.

Aston Villa

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

West Bromwich Albion

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Wednesday, 27 November 1985

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 69 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 19 🟥 25 | 1.36

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 April 1985, Villa 0-1 Albion, The Hawthorns.
Cards: None

Joe Worrall

CARDS

Villa

None

West Bromwich Albion

None

TEAM NEWS

Paul Birch (first start in 7) replaces Tony Daley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.34 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.01 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.92 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Paul Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie Dennison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 46' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Robbie Dennison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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