Game #3864
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 27 August 1985


Drew
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
Division One
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 14,220
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Southampton
0-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 27 August 1985
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Steve Hodge
🕒 | HT Southampton 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Ray Walker
🟥 | 86’ Sending off, (Southampton), Jimmy Case
🕒 | FT Southampton 0-0 Aston Villa
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
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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 27 August 1985
Villa, winless in four under Graham Turner 🏴 are held to a 🟨 goalless draw at the Dell despite Southampton having Jimmy Case sent off late on.
Graham Turner’s 🏴 Villa sit 21st in the table and have now failed to 🟩 win any of their last six games.
Midfielder Steve Hodge 🏴 22 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after moving from Nottingham Forest earlier this month for a fee of £400,000 to become the 634th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Steve Hodge | 🏴 | #634 | £400,000 signing from Foresst
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


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


Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #4 |
League Match | #4 |
Manager Game | #50 |
Tuesday, 27 August 1985
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴 | London, 1980-1993
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986
🕒 50 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 13 🟥 20 | 1.28
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴 | London, 1980-1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 6 April 1985, Villa 3-0 Wednesday, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟥
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟥
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Darren Bradley, Tony Daley and Steve Hodge (debut) replace Ray Walker, Gary Shaw and Steve McMahon as Graham Turner names a starting XI with an average age of just 22 with three teenagers in the line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 22.56 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 29.76 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 17.87 |
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MANAGER
Graham Turner | 🏴 | 1984-1986

Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |

Southampton
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴 |
CB Mark Whitlock | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴 |
RB Ivan Golac | 🇭🇷 |
M David Armstrong | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴 | 🟥 |
F Dave Puckett | 🏴 |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Alan Curtis | 🏴 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ray Walker | 🏴 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Armstrong | 🏴 | (M George Lawrence | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Ray Walker | 🏴 | | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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