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Game #3916

Saturday, 23 August 1986

Attendance: 24,712

Lost

Division One

20th

Tottenham Hotspur

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Park

Villa are hammered at home on the opening day of the season but Graham Turner assures us there is nothing to panic about.

Aston Villa

0-3

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Garry Thompson
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Clive Allen
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Clive Allen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Clive Allen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa open the season with a heavy defeat to Tottenham and have now won just six of their last twenty eight league games, losing thirteen. Meanwhile, Garry Thompson made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £450,000 in June 1986.

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Saturday, 23 August 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Joe Worrall

TEAM NEWS

Garry Thompson makes his debut whilst Graham Turner selects Kevin Poole in goal in place of Nigel Spink.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.07 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.07 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.86 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Graham Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Chris Waddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

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

CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“3-0 at home looks a disaster and it was certainly disappointing. But it was not one to panic about.”

Graham Turner.

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 25 August 1986.