Game #3895
Aston Villa

Wednesday, 22 January 1986
Quarter Final
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 | ⚽ |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Mark Walters, Foul (11)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Tony Dorigo replaces Paul Kerr.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.44 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 30.17 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 20.07 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Scorer(s) | Dean Glover | 75' |
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 75' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Charlie Nicholas
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-1, Dean Glover, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Arsenal
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Foul
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Wednesday, 22 January 1986

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴 | Bristol, 1982-1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Officials
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴 | Bristol, 1982-1994
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 81 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 23 🟥 31 | 1.28
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
League Cup
Arsenal

Villa Park
Attendance: 26,093
GK Rhys Wilmot | 🏴 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴 |
F Ian Allinson | 🏴 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |
Don Howe | 🏴 |

Substitutes
🔁 | M Stewart Robson | 🏴 | (CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa fight back to draw in the League Cup quarter final thanks to Dean Glover's 🏴 ⚽ first goal for the club ahead of a Highbury replay to earn the right to play Oxford United in the Semis.
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