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Villa Matches Refereed by

Ron Bridges

🟨 13 May 1989, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 18' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 18' |

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 19 November 1988, Villa 1-2 Derby, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

17th (-3)

Division One

Team

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 18’ Goal, 1-0, David Platt, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 1-1, (Coventry City), Gary Bannister
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Ian Olney
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City

🟥 19 November 1988, Villa 1-2 Derby, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Derek Mountfield | 54' |

Assist(s) | Martin Keown | 54' |

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 December 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.
Cards: 🟨

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

12th (-)

Division One

Team

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
M Andy A Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Derby County
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-0, Derek Mountfield, Assist by Martin Keown
🥅 | 74’ Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Dean Saunders
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-2, (Derby County), Paul Goddard
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Bernie Gallacher, Sub on Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Derby County

🟩 12 December 1987, Villa 2-1 Birmingham, St Andrews'.

Scorer(s) | Garry Thompson | 13' | 52' |

Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 13' |

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 1 February 1986, Villa 0-0 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

3rd (-)

Division Two

Team

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Kevin Gage
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 1-1, (Birmingham City), Andy Kennedy
🕒 | HT Birmingham City 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-1, Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Birmingham City 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 1 February 1986, Villa 0-0 Southampton, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 13 March 1985, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟨

19th (-1)

Division One

Team

Starting XI:
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Subs:
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton
🔁 | 69' Sub off, Darren Bradley, Sub on, Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton

🟨 13 March 1985, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 January 1984, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: None 🟨 🟨

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨

10th (-)

Division One

Team

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin J Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
💥 | 77' Referee incorrectly awards penalty to Arsenal before his linesman insists the decision is reversed
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul

🟨 7 January 1984, Villa 1-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 34' |

Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 34' |

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 11 September 1982, Villa 4-1 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

3rd Round

FA Cup

Team

Starting XI:
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Match Timeline

🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), John Deehan
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Dissent

🟩 11 September 1982, Villa 4-1 Forest, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 21' | Peter Withe | 31' | 80' | Gordon Cowans (pen) | 66' |

Assist(s) | Andy Blair | 21' | Dennis Mortimer | 31' | Tony Morley | 80' |

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 1 November 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

14th= (+3)

Division One

Team

Starting XI:
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 21' Goal, 1-0, Dennis Mortimer, Assist by Andy Blair
⚽ | 31' Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🥅 | 44' Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest, pen), John Robertson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest
🟥 | 66' Sending off, (Nottingham Forest), Ian Bowyer
⚽ | 66' Goal, 3-1, Gordon Cowans (pen)
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 4-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Tony Morley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Nottingham Forest

🔁 | Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Allan Evans

🟨 | Booking, Peter Withe, Foul.

🟩 1 November 1980, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 65' | Gordon Cowans | 69' |

Assist(s) | Kenny Swain | 65' |

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 22 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park. 🆘
Cards: None

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

1st (-)

Division One

Team

Starting XI:
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🔁 | 38' Sub off, Eamonn Deacy, Sub on, Gary Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 65’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Kenny Swain
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-0, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City

🟨 22 September 1979, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 Penalised the attacking Brian Little for a non-existent offence, on it's own probably one of those things that just happen but coming on the back of two previous horror performances from the officials it couldn't be ignored.
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Ron Bridges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Deeside, 1978-1989 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

21st (-2)

Division One

Team

Starting XI:
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Subs:
None

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1' Debut, Des Bremner, David Geddis
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Arsenal

🟨 | Booking, Brian Little, No apparent reason

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