Game #3904
Saturday, 15 March 1986
Attendance: 12,933
Drew
Division One
20th (-)
Nottingham Forest
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
City Ground
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 as Graham Turner's side make it one win in their last sixteen first division games.
Nottingham Forest
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Paul Elliott | 72' |
KEY MAN
PREVIOUS MATCH
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MATCH TIMELINE
🟢 | 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
ON THIS DAY
Graham Turner’s Villa end a run of two defeats but now have just five wins in thirty one Division One games and fifteen defeats. Meanwhile, both Andy Blair and Steve Hunt made their first appearances after rejoining the club from Sheffield Wednesday and West Bromwich Albion respectively. Blair, 26, was signed for £100,000 having been sold to Wednesday in August 1984 for £60,000, whilst Hunt, 29, cost £90,000 after Villa had sold him to the New York Cosmos in June 1977 for £26,000.
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: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Saturday, 15 March 1986
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1981–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Moules | 🏴 | Essex, 1981–1993
Previous 5: 🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.
Last Match: 🟨
Cards: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Gary Shaw, Andy Blair (debut) and Steve Hunt (debut) replace Paul Birch, Dean Glover and Paul Kerr.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.48 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 30.31 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 20.22 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 |
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Colin Walsh | 🏴 | (M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Obviously, we need to collect every possible point.
"But we must now just take each game as it comes and try to claim maximum points."
Graham Turner.