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Game #3855

Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 April 1985

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Lost

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Southampton

The Dell

Attendance: 15,736

🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

Southampton

2-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 20 April 1985

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Tony Daley
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Steve Moran
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | 75' Missed penalty, (Southampton), Kevin Bond
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), David Armstrong
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans
🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby
🟨 | Booking, Tony Dorigo
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters

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

🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 20 April 1985
  • Graham Turner's Villa lose for the third successive match and fail to score for the sixteenth time this season to make it twelve wins in thirty seven League games, whilst losing fourteen. 

  • Villa lose a third consecutive League game after Graham Turner decides to give Gordon Cowans and Steve McMahon "the day off". As curious as that is it opens the opportunity for a 17 year old winger named Tony Daley to make his debut. 

  • Despite the about turn in form - five defeats and seven wins in their last fifteen League games - Villa remain 10th.

  • Winger Tony Daley, 17, makes his Villa debut after coming through the Youth ranks to become the 633rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #633 | Youth Team promotion

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

Southampton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton
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Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

League 🕒 22 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 33 | 🥅 24 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
Away 🕒 13 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 6 | 🟥 5 | ⚽ 14 | 🥅 21 |

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

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FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 20 April 1985

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🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Malcolm Cotton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1985
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 41 | 🟩 | 15 🟨 | 10 🟥 16 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Malcolm Cotton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1985

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Allan Evans
🟨 Brendan Ormsby
🟨 Tony Dorigo
🟨 Mark Walters

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

🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tony Daley (debut), Ray Walker and Brendan Ormsby replace Peter Withe, Dean Glover and Steve McMahon.

Starting XI Average Age
| 22.88 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 28.54 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.52 |

Referee

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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 Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Lawrie McMenemy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Southampton

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mick Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Townsend | 🇮🇪 |
M Nick Holmes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Mark Whitlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 20 Apr 1985, Villa 0-2 Southampton, The Dell

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