Game #3904
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 March 1986
Drew
20th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Nottingham Forest
City Ground
Attendance: 12,933
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
Nottingham Forest
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Paul Elliott | 72' |
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 March 1986
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Steve Hunt, Andy Blair
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 0-1 (Nottingham Forest, pen), Nigel Clough
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Paul Elliott
🔁 | 80' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hodge, Foul
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 15 March 1986
Graham Turner’s 🏴 Villa earn a 🟨 draw at the City Ground as they remain 20th in the table but close the gap to safety to three points with eleven left to play.
Villa now have 🟩 one win in their last sixteen first division games and 🟩 five wins in thirty one Division One games whilst suffering 🟥 fifteen defeats.
Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴 26, the 616th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football, makes his second debut for the club after joining from Sheffield Wednesday 🏴 for £100,000.
Winger Steve Hunt 🏴 29, the 576th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football, makes his second debut for the club 501 games after his last appearance following his transfer from West Bromwich Albion for £90,000
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
League 🕒 88 | 🟩 43 | 🟨 18 | 🟥 27 | ⚽ 163 | 🥅 125 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Away 🕒 51 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 22 | ⚽ 75 | 🥅 92 |
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Saturday, 15 March 1986
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🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1982–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 90 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 27 🟥 35 | 1.23
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1982–1990
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Steve Hodge, Foul
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gary Shaw, Andy Blair (debut) and Steve Hunt (debut) replace Paul Birch, Dean Glover and Paul Kerr.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.48 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 30.31 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 20.22 |
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
LB Brett Williams | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Mills | 🏴 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dave Campbell | 🇬🇧 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Gary Birtles | 🏴 |
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Colin Walsh | 🏴 | (M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |)
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | | 93 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground
MATCH REPORTS
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🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground