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Game #3916

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 August 1986

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Lost

20th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,712

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-3

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 August 1986

🟢 | 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

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 August 1986
  • Villa are hammered at home on the opening day of the season but Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿assures us there is nothing to panic about.

  • 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. 

  • Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his debut in a Villa shirt aged 26 after joining from Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £450,000 in June 1986 to become the 637th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #637 | £450,000 signing from Wednesday

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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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
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Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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

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🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 102 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 39 | 1.26

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.07 |

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

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

Referee

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

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

Squad Bios

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 25 August 1986.
Reports

🟥 23 Aug 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park

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