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Game #3907

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 March 1986

Drew

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Attendance: 20,935

Manchester City

Maine Road

Manchester City

2-2

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Andy Blair | 37' | Steve Hodge | 88' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa hit a late equaliser to earn a draw at Maine Road as they remain 20th in the the table, in the relegation zone and three points from safety.

KEY MAN

Simon Stainrod, scored a late equaliser for 20th placed Villa to leave them with two wins in nineteen first division games under Graham Turner, Saturday, 29 March 1986.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 March 1986

⚽ | 37’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Andy Blair
🕒 | HT Manchester City 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 1-1, (Manchester City), Neil McNab
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-2, (Manchester City), Clive Wilson
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 2-2, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Steve Hodge
🕒 | FT Manchester City 2-2 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Gary Williams, Sub on, Dean Glover

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa can only draw with Billy McNeill's Manchester City and now have just six wins in thirty four Division One games and sixteen defeats and sit nineteenth in the table, only out of the bottom three on goal difference.

Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #93 |
Saturday, 29 March 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1985-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 93 | 🟩 | 29 🟨 | 28 🟥 36 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1985-1996
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Manchester City

None

TEAM NEWS

Tony Daley, Simon Stainrod and Kevin Poole replace Gary Shaw, Mark Walters and Nigel Spink.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.01 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.35 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.46 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Eric Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Steve Redmond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Andy May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Kinsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

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