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Game #3891

Saturday, 4 January 1986

Attendance: 17,732

Drew

FA Cup 3rd Round

3rd Round

Portsmouth

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Fratton Park

Villa survive a refereeing shocker to earn a replay against second tier Portsmouth at Villa Park in the third round of the FA Cup.

Portsmouth

2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 40' | Mark Walters | 89' |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Kerr, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-1, (Portsmouth), Noel Blake
🟨 | 59' Booking, Simon Stainrod, Dissent
💥 | 59' Portsmouth's Billy Gilbert knocks Simon Stainrod to the ground
🟥 | 63' Sending off, (Portsmouth), Billy Gilbert finally sent off for the offence four minutes later
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 1-2, (Portsmouth, pen), Kevin Dillon
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 2-2, Paul Birch, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Ungentlemanly conduct
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hodge, Ungentlemanly conduct
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Ungentlemanly conduct

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa can only draw with second division Portsmouth in the FA Cup at Fratton Park.

Aston Villa

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

Portsmouth

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Saturday, 4 January 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988 🆘
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Portsmouth

🟥 🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Paul Kerr replaces Tony Daley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.18 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.12 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.02 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Portsmouth

GK Alan Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Noel Blake (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Billy Gilbert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
D Mick Tait | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Kevin Dillon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Mick Kennedy | 🇮🇪 |
W Paul Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Vince Hilaire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Kevin O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 | (M Gary Stanley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“When people talk about pressure they always assume it is fear.

“It is not. I am just anxious about doing a good job.

“I am trying to get things together properly. [Turner had been in charge since the summer of 1984]

“I understand the fans’ frustrations but I believe changes were necessary.

“We have been unlucky because injuries came at a time we could least afford them and have exposed the squad.”

Graham Turner.