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Game #3840

Aston Villa

7-7-9, 28 PTS

Tuesday, 1 January 1985

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Won

16th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

10-4-9, 24 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,710

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-1

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West Brom

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Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 29' | Paul Rideout | 57' | Peter Withe | 60' |

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 1 January 1985

🥅 | 13' Goal, 0-1, (West Bromwich Albion, pen), Derek Statham
⚽ | 29' Goal, 1-1, Colin Gibson, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
⚽ | 57' Goal, 2-1, Paul Birch, Assist by Paul Rideout
⚽ | 60' Goal, 3-1, Paul Rideout, Assist by Peter Withe
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 1 January 1985
  • Villa secure a much needed 🟩 third win in 🕒 seven first division games as Albion are well beaten to allow Villa to climb to 16th in the table but they suffer more late woe with captain Allan Evans being carried off unconscious after 84’ with a fractured cheekbone.

  • Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa open 1985 with their first 🟩 win in three to make it 🟩 six wins in 🕒 twenty three League games, whilst 🟥 losing nine.

  • Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 10th goal in 🕒 65 matches, having scored ⚽ three in his first 🕒 144 appearances in a Villa shirt.

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

West Bromwich Albion

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Tuesday, 1 January 1985

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🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 7 🟥 10 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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🟨 🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.24 |

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

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.02 |

Referee

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Nicky Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Carl Valentine | 🇨🇦 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 84' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF David Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 1 Jan 1985, Villa 3-1 Albion, Villa Park

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