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Game #3895

Aston Villa

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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
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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

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Drew

1-1

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park
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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 128 | 🟩 W52 (41% ) | 🟨 D27 | 🇺(62% ) | 🟥 L49 (38% ) | ⚽ 209 | 🥅 199 | GD 10

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 81 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 23 🟥 31 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

League Cup

Arsenal

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

126

125*

🔥

0

0

🟩

49

🟨

32

🟥

45

38

🥅

169

LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

69

64

🔥

0

4

🟩

22

🟨

21

🟥

26

CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

11

11

🔥

1

0

🟩

2

🟨

4

🟥

5

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

363

360

🔥

50

10

🟩

152

🟨

95

🟥

116

CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

23

23

🔥

1

1

🟩

8

🟨

6

🟥

9

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

263

258

🔥

2

11

🟩

107

🟨

63

🟥

93

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

85

81

🔥

9

9

🟩

31

🟨

22

🟥

32

M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

14

14

🔥

1

1

🟩

4

🟨

5

🟥

5

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

151

137

🔥

34

26

🟩

60

🟨

33

🟥

58

CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

26

26

🔥

13

5

🟩

7

🟨

8

🟥

11

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

171

170

🔥

75

26

🟩

67

🟨

52

🟥

52

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 1

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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.

What they Said

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