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Game #3892

Aston Villa

Saturday, 11 January 1986

Coventry City

3-3

Aston Villa

Division One

Coventry City

Highfield Road

Attendance: 10,328

Drew

18th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 2' | Paul Birch | 61' | Simon Stainrod | 79' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa fritter away a 2' lead to fall 1-3 behind by half time before equalising and missing a penalty in the second. Villa sit 18th in the table, one point off the relegation places.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 11 January 1986

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Mark Walters, (73 Seconds)
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Cyrille Regis
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-2, (Coventry City), Brian Kilcline
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-3, (Coventry City, pen), Brian Kilcline
🕒 | HT Coventry City 3-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-3, Andy Gray, Assist by Paul Birch
💥 | 69’ Missed penalty, Allan Evans
⚽ | 79’ Goal, 3-3, Paul Elliott, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Coventry City 3-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Tony Dorigo, Foul

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa recover from three one down at near neighbours Coventry to draw 3-3 but now have just five wins in twenty six Division One games and twelve defeats as they remain 18th place in the table, and are now just a single point off the drop zone.

Aston Villa

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

Coventry City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Coventry City

Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #78 |
Saturday, 11 January 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1976-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 78 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 22 🟥 30 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1976-1988
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 31 August 1985, Villa 3-1 Luton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.20 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.14 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.04 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Don Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wayne Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Kenny Hibbitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M David Bowman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

MATCH QUOTES

“If it had been a boxing match the referee would have stopped it It because we were so tar ahead on points." Andy Gray.

MATCH REPORT

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