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Game #3891

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 January 1986

Drew

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

FA Cup

Portsmouth

Attendance: 17,732

Fratton Park

Portsmouth

2-2

Aston Villa

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

MATCH SUMMARY

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

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 January 1986

⚽ | 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

Portsmouth

Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 77 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 21 🟥 30 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988 🆘
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Ball | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH 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.

MATCH REPORT

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