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Game #3844

Aston Villa

10-7-9, 37 PTS

Saturday, 23 February 1985

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Won

10th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

8-8-9, 32 PTS

Upton Park

Attendance: 14,845

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

West Ham United

1-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 February 1985

🟨 | 2' Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Foul
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Paul Goddard
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-1, Brendan Ormsby
🕒 | FT West Ham United 1-2 Aston Villa

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

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 February 1985

  • Villa make it four consecutive League wins as 1985 starts in far better form than had been seen under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in 1984. Villa climb to 10th in the table

  • Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa maintain their upturn in 1985 League form as they 🟩 win their fourth Division One game in succession to make it 🟩 nine wins in twenty six League games, whilst also 🟥 losing nine.

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (86 Starts).

  • Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (49 Starts).

  • Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores to contribute his ⚽ 🔥 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 111th appearance 

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton 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: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

West Ham United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

West Ham United

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Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 23 February 1985

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🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 30 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 7 🟥 11 | 1.43

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 2 February 1985, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Williams and Paul Birch replace Steve McMahon and David Norton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.64 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.51 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.16 |

Referee

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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 Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Tom McAlister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Paul Brush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alvin Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Alan Dickens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geoff Pike | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Bobby Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Paul Goddard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Bobby Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Dave Swindlehurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 23 Feb 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park

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