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Game #3889

Aston Villa

5-8-11, 23 PTS

Saturday, 28 December 1985

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Drew

17th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

2-6-16, 12 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,796

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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West Brom

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Assist(s) | David Norton | 43' |

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 December 1985

⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Kerr, Assist by David Norton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Steve Hunt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 December 1985
  • Villa are held by bottom club Albion at Villa Park as ex Villan Steve Hunt scores again but Villa climb back to 17th despite having recorded just one win in nine first division games.

  • Graham Turner’s Villa can only draw with bottom club Albion and now have just five wins in twenty four Division One games and eleven defeats as they sit in 18th place in the table.

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

West Bromwich Albion

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Saturday, 28 December 1985

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🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 75 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 20 🟥 29 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1982-1993

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Nigel Spink, Allan Evans, Tony Daley, David Norton and Paul Kerr replace Kevin Poole, Dean Glover, Darren Bradley, Gary Shaw and Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.08 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.23 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.21 |

Referee

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Andy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | (M Robbie Dennison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 28 Dec 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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