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Game #3858

Aston Villa

Saturday, 4 May 1985

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Won

10th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

Sunderland

Roker Park

Attendance: 12,467

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

Sunderland

0-4

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Aston Villa

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🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 4 May 1985

⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Mark Walters
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa
💥 Sunderland reduced to 10-men after Gayle injured and Armstrong already substituted
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 3-0, Steve McMahon
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 4-0, Peter Withe
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🕒 | FT Sunderland 0-4 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 4 May 1985

Graham Turner's Villa win for a second successive game to make it fourteen wins in forty League games, whilst also losing fourteen.

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Sunderland

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1972-73

Aston Villa

Sunderland

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sunderland

Previous 5 vs. Sunderland: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #44 |
Saturday, 4 May 1985

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🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
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

🕒 44 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 11 🟥 16 | 1.41

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 October 1984, League Cup, Villa 3-1 Scunthorpe, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Steve McMahon, Paul Birch, Dean Glover and Darren Bradley replace Allan Evans, Paul Rideout, Brendan Ormsby and Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.53 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.70 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.35 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Len Ashurst | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Sunderland

GK Chris Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Reuben Agboola | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CB Gary Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Peter Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clive Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Stan Cummins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Howard Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ❌ |
CF David Hodgson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Reuben Agboola | 🇳🇬 | (M Gordon Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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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 Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.

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MATCH VIDEO

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