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Game #3863

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 August 1985

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Lost

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Queens Park Rangers

Villa Park

Attendance: 11,896

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Queens Park Rangers

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Assist(s) | Steve McMahon | 68' |

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 24 August 1985

🥅 | 3' Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Gary Bannister
💥 | 38' Missed Penalty, Steve McMahon
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Queens Park Rangers
⚽ | 68' Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Steve McMahon
🥅 | 89' Goal, 1-2, (Queens Park Rangers), Gary Bannister
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Queens Park Rangers

🔁 | Sub off, Ray Walker, Sub on, Tony Daley

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 August 1985

Graham Turner’s Villa had now lost four of their last five and having already sold Paul Rideout, a fellow shining light of the 1984-85 season, midfielder Steve McMahon made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Liverpool in September 1985 for a fee of £350,000. McMahon played for Villa between 1983-84 and 1985-86 making 91 appearances and scoring 7 goals.

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1983-85 | 🕒 92 | 91 (1) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 0 | #620 |

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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

Aston Villa

Queens Park Rangers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩

Queens Park Rangers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Queens Park Rangers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #49 |
Saturday, 24 August 1985

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🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
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

🕒 49 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 12 🟥 20 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 September 1983, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Norton replaces Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.39 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.75 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.66 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Peter Hucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gary Waddock | 🇮🇪 |
M Martin Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Byrne | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Gary Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF John Byrne | 🇮🇪 | (W Wayne Fereday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa 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

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa 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 Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
96
95*
0
0
40
21
35
127
31
1
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
7
3*
0
1
1
2
4*
-
-
0
0

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 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

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa 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

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

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