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Game #3854

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 16 April 1985

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Lost

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 13,267

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea

3-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 16 April 1985

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), John Bumstead
🥅 | 20' Goal, 0-2 (Chelsea), Allan Evans o.g.
🕒 | HT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 68’ Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea, pen), Mickey Thomas
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 1-3, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Chelsea 3-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 16 April 1985

Graham Turner's Villa lose for the second successive match to make it twelve wins in thirty six League games, whilst losing thirteen.

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

Aston Villa

Chelsea

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Tuesday, 16 April 1985

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🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
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

🕒 40 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 10 🟥 15 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 17 March 1984, Villa 1-0 Forest, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Nigel Spink, Dean Glover and Paul Birch (first start in 9) replace Kevin Poole, Brendan Ormsby and Didier Six.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.23 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.65 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.30 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Neal | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Terry Howard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Gordon Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
91
90*
0
0
40
19
32
116
31
1
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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