Game #3917
Aston Villa

Tuesday, 26 August 1986
22nd (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🟥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986

Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
🟥 Gary Williams, Retaliatory kick
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.08 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 18.87 |
Villa concede three for the second successive game after being reduced to ten men after just 13 minutes.
Graham Turner's 🏴 Villa lose their opening two games of the season and have now 🟩 won just six of their last twenty nine league games, 🟥 losing fourteen.
Villa face Wimbledon 🏴 for the first time in competitive football, Wimbledon become the 129th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 2nd appearance.
Steve Hodge 🏴 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Right Back Gary Williams 🏴 is 🟥 sent off on his 274th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Scorer(s) | Allan Evans (pen) | 22' | Garry Thompson | 90' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 1-0, (Wimbledon), Glyn Hodges
🟥 | 13’ Sending off, Gary Williams, Retaliatory kick
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-1, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 1-2, (Wimbledon), John Fashanu
🕒 | HT Wimbledon 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 1-3, (Wimbledon), Kevin Gage
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-3, Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Wimbledon 3-2 Aston Villa
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Tuesday, 26 August 1986

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Martin | 🏴 | Alton, 1982–1992
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Referee: John Martin | 🏴 | Alton, 1982–1992
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 103 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 40 | 1.25
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Wimbledon

Plough Lane
Attendance: 6,366
GK Dave Beasant | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴 |
CB Mick Smith | 🏴 |
CB Mark Morris | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴 |
M Lawrie Sanchez | 🇬🇧 |
M Glyn Hodges | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Steve Galliers | 🏴 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Alan Cork | 🏴 |
Dave Bassett | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
🔁 | CF John Fashanu | 🏴 | (CF Colin Gordon | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“If two players kick each other they should both have been dismissed.”
Graham Turner.
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