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Game #3839

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 December 1984

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Lost

17th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Division One

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Attendance: 17,676

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

Nottingham Forest

3-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 17' | Peter Withe | 34' |

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 December 1984

⚽ | 17' Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Tony Dorigo
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Peter Withe
🥅 | 42' Goal, 2-1, (Nottingham Forest), Peter Davenport
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 2-2, (Nottingham Forest), Johnny Metgod
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-3, (Nottingham Forest, pen), Peter Davenport
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 3-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 29 December 1984

Graham Turner's Villa fail to win for the twelfth time in fourteen games to make it five wins in twenty two League games, whilst losing nine.

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 29 December 1984

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🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ian Hendrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1983–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 25 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 10 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ian Hendrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1983–1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 April 1984, Villa 2-1 Watford, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 🟨 🟨

None

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.23 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.36 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.01 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
LB Jim McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Bryn Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Wigley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Christie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
79
78*
0
0
35
16
28
99
28
1
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

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Squad Bios

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 29 December 1984, Villa 2-3 Forest, City Ground.

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MATCH VIDEO

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