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Game #3897

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 29 January 1986

Lost

4th Round Replay

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Millwall

Attendance: 10,273

The Den

Millwall

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa follow one diabolical performance with another and are knocked out of the FA Cup by second tier Millwall.

KEY MAN

Graham Turner, one win in twelve first division games and now knocked out of the FA Cup by Millwall after two appalling performances, Saturday, 18 January 1986.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 29 January 1986

💥 | 19’ Missed penalty, (Millwall), Steve Lovell
🕒 | HT Millwall 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-1, (Millwall), John Fashanu
🕒 | FT Millwall 1-0 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, David Norton

🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa import their woeful League form into the FA Cup as they lose to mid table second tier side Millwall in the fourth round.

Meanwhile, the man Turner replaced, Tony Barton, skewers Herbert Douglas Ellis as only a man of his dignity and integrity could.

Aston Villa

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

Millwall

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Millwall

Previous 5 vs. Millwall: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #37 |
Manager Game | #83 |
Wednesday, 29 January 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 83 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 24 🟥 32 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 25 January 1986, FA Cup, Villa 1-1 Millwall, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨

Millwall

None

TEAM NEWS

Kevin Poole replaces Nigel Spink.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.22 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.19 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.09 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Millwall

GK Paul Sansome | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Keith Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Hinshelwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mickey Nutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Alan McLeary | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Lowndes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Robert Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Anton Otulakowski | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Steve Lovell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F John Leslie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

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

MATCH REPORT

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