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Game #3918

Aston Villa

Saturday, 30 August 1986

Lost

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Attendance: 10,011

Queens Park Rangers

Loftus Road

Villa play a five man defence but two of them - Allan Evans and Paul Elliott - gift QPR their winner to make it three consecutive defeats under Graham Turner as they sit bottom of the first division table.

Queens Park Rangers

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 30 August 1986

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Martin Keown
🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Gary Bannister
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Steve Hunt, Sub on, Paul Birch

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa had now won just six of their last thirty league games, losing fifteen as they lost their opening three games of the season. Meanwhile, centre back Martin Keown made his Villa debut aged 20 after moving from Arsenal in June 1986 for a fee of £200,000.

Aston Villa

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

Queens Park Rangers

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #104 |
Saturday, 30 August 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 104 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 41 | 1.24

Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 September 1983, Villa 1-2 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: None

Dennis Hedges

CARDS

Villa

None

Queens Park Rangers

None

TEAM NEWS

Martin Keown (debut) and Paul Kerr replace Gary Williams and Garry Thompson.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.15 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.09 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.88 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Queens Park Rangers

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 |
RB Warren Neill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Sammy Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Martin Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Wayne Fereday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Byrne | 🇮🇪 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CF Leroy Rosenior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 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

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 1 September 1986.

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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