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Game #3885

Aston Villa

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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
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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.

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

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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)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
118
🟩
48
🟨
2
117*
🟨
28
🟥
0
0
🟥
42
0
🥅
38
154
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
258
🟩
106
🟨
15
253
🟨
62
🟥
0
2
🟥
90
11
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
0
🟨
1
1
🟨
0
🟥
0
0
🟥
1
0
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
19
🟩
7
🟨
1
19
🟨
5
🟥
0
0
🟥
7
1
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
60
🟩
20
🟨
3
55
🟨
17
🟥
0
0
🟥
23
4
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
22
🟩
8
🟨
4
22
🟨
7
🟥
0
4
🟥
7
4
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
141
🟩
58
🟨
8
127
🟨
29
🟥
0
33
🟥
54
24
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
163
🟩
65
🟨
12
162
🟨
49
🟥
0
74
🟥
49
25
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
16
🟩
6
🟨
1
12
🟨
4
🟥
1
0
🟥
6
0
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
24
🟩
7
🟨
0
17*
🟨
8
🟥
0
1
🟥
9*
2
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
16
🟩
5
🟨
1
16
🟨
4
🟥
0
10
🟥
7
4
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
198
🟩
95
🟨
2
5
🟨
41
🟥
0
77
🟥
62
22
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Liverpool

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
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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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