Game #3905
Aston Villa
6-11-15, 29 PTS

Wednesday, 19 March 1986
19th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
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 | 🏴 |
W Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.49 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 30.32 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 20.23 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Won
2-1
🟩 19 Mar 1986, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 38' | 78' |
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 38' | Andy Blair | 78' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Steve Hunt o.g.
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-1, Steve Hodge, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham United
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-1, Steve Hodge, Assist by Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham United
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Wednesday, 19 March 1986

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Officials
Referee: Unknown
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 91 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 27 🟥 35 | 1.25
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Division One
West Ham United

Villa Park
Attendance: 11,567
GK Phil Parkes | 🏴 |
CB Neil Orr | 🏴 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴 |
CB Tony Gale | 🏴 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴 |
M Alan Dickens | 🏴 |
M George Parris | 🏴 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴 |
M Mark Ward | 🏴 |
CF Frank McAvennie | 🏴 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 | 🔁 |
John Lyall | 🏴 |

Substitutes
🔁 | CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 | (CF Paul Goddard | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa record their first home League win in five months as West Ham are beaten at Villa Park. As a result Villa climb to 19th, out of the relegation places on goal difference.
Graham Turner’s Villa win for the first time in 1986 and now have six wins in thirty two Division One games and fifteen defeats.
What they Said
“This is the first time that we have looked like a First Division side."
Graham Turner.