Game #3914
Aston Villa
Saturday, 26 April 1986
16th (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
🟨 Allan Evans, Foul
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Kevin Poole, Gary Williams and Paul Birch replace Nigel Spink, Tony Dorigo and Steve Hodge.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.45 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 30.43 |
Youngest Player |
M David Norton | 🏴 | 21.16 |
Villa leave it late but two goal in the final six minutes secure their first division safety with a game to play as they sit 16th in the table, eight points clear of the relegation places.
Graham Turner’s Villa make it three wins in four games and one defeat in eight as they secure top flight safety with a game to spare. Villa climb to fifteenth, five points clear of the drop zone with a game still to play. Villa's win means they now have ten wins in forty one Division One games and seventeen defeats this season.
Won
3-1
🟩 26 Apr 1986, Villa 3-1 Chelsea, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | David Norton | 44' | Steve Hunt | 84' | Simon Stainrod | 90' |
Assist(s) | David Norton | 84' | Mark Walters | 90' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-0, David Norton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea, pen), Nigel Spackman
⚽ | 84’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Hunt, Assist by David Norton
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 3-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Chelsea
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #54 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Saturday, 26 April 1986
Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴 | West Kirby, 1983-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴 | West Kirby, 1983-1993
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 100 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 37 | 1.29
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Chelsea
Villa Park
Attendance: 17,770
GK Tony Godden | 🏴 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴 |
M John Millar | 🏴 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴 |
M Micky Hazard | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Jerry Murphy | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴 |
John Hollins | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Micky Hazard | 🏴 | (W Pat Nevin | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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