Game #3885
Aston Villa

Saturday, 7 December 1985
16th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986

Substitutes:
🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 67' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
🟨 Andy Gray, Foul
🟨 Paul Elliott, Foul
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Gary Williams, Andy Gray, Tony Daley and Paul Elliott (debut) replace Allan Evans, Paul Birch, David Norton and Gary Shaw.
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.25 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 30.04 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 18.15 |
Villa's first half display warrants more but they are left well beaten in the second half to leave them winless in five League games under Graham Turner 🏴 and 16th in the table.
Villa lose for the third consecutive League game and now have just four wins in twenty Division One games and nine defeats under Turner.
Centre back Paul Elliott 21 🏴 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt following his move from Luton Town earlier this month for a fee of £400,000 to become the 636th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Lost
0-3
🟥 7 Dec 1985, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 1' Debut, Paul Elliott
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Jan Molby
🕒 | HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67' Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-2, (Liverpool), Paul Walsh
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 0-3, (Liverpool), Kevin MacDonald
🕒 | FT Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #71 |
Saturday, 7 December 1985

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴 | Spennymoor, 1975-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴 | Spennymoor, 1975-1992
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | #636 | £400,000 signing from Luton
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 71 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 19 🟥 27 | 1.32
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Liverpool

Anfield
Attendance: 29,418
GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴 |
CB Steve Nicol | 🏴 |
M Kevin MacDonald | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Walsh | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 |
M Sammy Lee | 🏴 |
M Jan Mølby | 🇳🇴 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 |
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded


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