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Game #3857

Aston Villa

Saturday, 27 April 1985

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Won

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Queens Park Rangers

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,023

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

Aston Villa

5-2

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Queens Park Rangers

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Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 16' | 41' | Brendan Ormsby | 38' | Paul Rideout | 48' | Gary Williams | 53' |

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 April 1985

⚽ | 16’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Mark Walters
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 1-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Gary Bannister
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 2-1, Paul Rideout, Assist by Brendan Ormsby
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 3-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-1 Queens Park Rangers
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 4-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Paul Rideout
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 5-1, Peter Withe, Assist by Gary Williams
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 5-2, (Queens Park Rangers), Gary Bannister
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Queens Park Rangers

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

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 27 April 1985

  • Villa 🟩 win for the first time in 🕒 five League games as struggling QPR are beaten at Villa Park as Villa record their 🟩 eighth win in seventeen to remain 10th.

  • Villa make it 🟩 thirteen wins in 🕒 thirty nine League games, whilst 🟥 losing fourteen.

  • Colin Gibson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 225th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores a ⚽ brace for this first goals in 🕒 24 games under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, 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

Queens Park Rangers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

FIXTURE HISTORY

Queens Park Rangers

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Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

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

Queens Park Rangers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Queens Park Rangers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Saturday, 27 April 1985

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🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 43 | 🟩 | 16 🟨 | 11 🟥 16 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Peck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1977-1995
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 September 1981, Villa 1-2 Sunderland, Roker Park. 🆘
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Kevin Poole and Gordon Cowans replace Nigel Spink and Ray Walker.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.92 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.68 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.54 |

Referee

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Frank Sibley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Peter Hucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Mike Fillery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gary Waddock | 🇮🇪 |
CF Gary Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 | (M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 27 Apr 1985, Villa 5-2 QPR, Villa Park

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