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Game #3913

Aston Villa

Saturday, 19 April 1986

Sheffield Wednesday

2-0

Aston Villa

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

Hillsborough

Attendance: 19,782

Lost

16th (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa are well beaten at Hillsborough as they lose for the second time in ten games to remain five points clear of the relegation zone in 16th with two games to play.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 19 April 1986

🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Gary Megson
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Mel Sterland
🔁 | 64' Sub off, Andy Gray (injury), Sub on, Dean Glover
💥 | 80' Tony Dorigo retired from field of play injured
💥 | 80' Paul Elliott injured, remains on field of play
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Foul.

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the first time in seven games as they fall back to seventeenth place but remain three points clear of the drop zone with two games left to play. Villa's defeat means they have nine wins in forty Division One games and seventeen defeats.

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #53 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #99 |
Saturday, 19 April 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 99 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 30 🟥 37 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Courtney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 7 December 1985, Villa 0-3 Liverpool, Anfield.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Nigel Spink (first start in 7) replaces Kevin Poole.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.45 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.41 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.31 |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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 Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Martin Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Morris | 🇮🇪 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Ian Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gary Shelton (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Carl Shutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 64' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Carl Shutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Chamberlain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

MATCH REPORT

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