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Game #3846

Aston Villa

Saturday, 9 March 1985

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Drew

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

Norwich City

Carrow Road

Attendance: 21,853

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

Norwich City

2-2

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Aston Villa

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🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 9 March 1985

🔁 | 32' Sub off, Steve McMahon, Sub on, Darren Bradley 🟢
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-1, (Norwich City), Paul Haycock
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 2-1, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 89’ Goal, 1-2, (Norwich City), Gary Rowell
🕒 | FT Norwich City 2-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 9 March 1985

  • Villa draw at Carrow Road as Allan Evans hits two penalties but lose Steve McMahon to injury in the first half before conceding a last minute equaliser to remain 10th in the table.

  • Villa make it just nine wins in twenty eight League games, whilst losing ten under Graham Turner.

  • Darren Bradley, 19, make his Villa debut after joining from school football in July 1982 and graduating from the youth ranks to become the 631st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Norwich City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1961–62

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #32 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Saturday, 9 March 1985

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🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1981–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
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

🕒 32 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 8 🟥 12 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1981–1993
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 October 1983, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve McMahon and Paul Kerr (first start in 14) replace Paul Birch and Paul Rideout.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.81 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.55 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.20 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Ken Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Norwich City

GK Chris Woods | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Paul Haylock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Dennis van Wijk | 🇳🇱 |
M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Asa Hartford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Peter Mendham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Barham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Channon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 32' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Louie Donowa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Gary Rowell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Substitutes

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.

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