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Game #3917

Aston Villa

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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
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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.

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Lost

2-3

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane
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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: None

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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)

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
22
🟩
10
🟨
0
22
🟨
4
🟥
0
0
🟥
8
0
🥅
7
27
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
274
🟩
109
🟨
17
269
🟨
66
🟥
1
2
🟥
99
12
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
385
🟩
158
🟨
41
382
🟨
102
🟥
4
53
🟥
125
11
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
33
🟩
8
🟨
4
33
🟨
11
🟥
0
2
🟥
14
1
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
87
🟩
27
🟨
8
82
🟨
27
🟥
1
1
🟥
33
6
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
50
🟩
15
🟨
7
50
🟨
17
🟥
0
10
🟥
18
7
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
23
🟩
8
🟨
1
19
🟨
7
🟥
0
3
🟥
8
2
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
2
🟩
0
🟨
0
2
🟨
0
🟥
0
1
🟥
2
0
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
61
🟩
27
🟨
3
47
🟨
13
🟥
0
1
🟥
21
9
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
33
🟩
8
🟨
0
24*
🟨
11
🟥
0
2
🟥
14*
3
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
44
🟩
12
🟨
4
42
🟨
14
🟥
0
20
🟥
18
5
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Wimbledon

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

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“If two players kick each other they should both have been dismissed.”

Graham Turner.

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