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Game #3852

Aston Villa

Saturday, 6 April 1985

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Won

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Division One

Sheffield Wednesday

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,308

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

Aston Villa

3-0

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Sheffield Wednesday

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🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 6 April 1985

⚽ | 27' Goal, 1-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
⚽ | 74' Goal, 2-0, Brendan Ormsby, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 77' Goal, 3-0, Allan Evans (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday

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

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 6 April 1985

  • Villa make it 🟩 three consecutive wins and three clean sheets as Villa remain 10th in the table under Graham Turner with 🟥 two defeats and 🟩 seven wins in their last 🕒 twelve League games.

  • Since the turn of the year Villa had 🟩 won four consecutive League games, followed by a five game winless run, and were now on another winning streak with eight left to play and a top ten finish - which had seemed so unlikely before the new year - looking possible.

  • Centre back Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 119th appearance.

  • Centre forward Paul Rideout 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 57th appearance (50 Starts) having scores his first 10 ⚽ in 🕒 42 games.

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, 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

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

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Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 6 April 1985

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🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1980-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 10 🟥 13 | 1.45

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1980-1993
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 January 1984, Villa 1-3 Albion, The Hawthorns.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

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

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Allan Evans and Gordon Cowans replace Tony Dorigo and Dean Glover.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.45 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.62 |

Youngest Player |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.66 |

Referee

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sheffield Wednesday

GK Martin Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Morris | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mark Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Lyons | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Shirtliff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Shelton (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |

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

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 6 Apr 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park

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