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Game #3908

Monday, 31 March 1986

Attendance: 12,200

Won

Division One

19th (+1)

Leicester City

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Villa Park

Villa win for the second time in four League games under Graham Turner but only the third time in twenty first division matches as they climb to 19th in the table to move out of the relegation places on goal difference.

Aston Villa

1-0

Leicester City

Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 50' |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Dorigo
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa win for the second time in four League matches but only the second time in 1986 as a result have just seven wins in thirty five 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: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Leicester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Monday, 31 March 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Leicester City

None

TEAM NEWS

Mark Walters and David Norton replace Gary Williams and Tony Daley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.94 |

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

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.26 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Leicester City

GK Ian Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andy Feeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Ally Mauchlen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Laurie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Sealy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Laurie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Rob Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES