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Game #3866

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 4 September 1985

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Won

12th (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

The Hawthorns

Attendance: 17,077

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

West Brom

0-3

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Aston Villa

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🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 4 September 1985

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans (pen)
⚽ | 39' Goal, 2-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 3-0, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 0-3 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

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 4 September 1985
  • Villa make it consecutive 🟩 wins for the first time this season as they climb to 12th in the table after beating bottom club Albion.

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his 50th goal involvement on his 🕒 122nd appearance in a Villa shirt (108 Starts) to make it 🟩 W52 🟨 D23 🟥 L47, ⚽ 28 Goals and 🔥 23 Assists so far in his Villa career.

  • Tony Daley scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 10th appearance (7 Starts) to make it 🟩 W3 🟨 D3 🟥 L4, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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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

West Bromwich Albion

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
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Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH
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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #52 |
Wednesday, 4 September 1985

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🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 13 🟥 20 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1974-1985

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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CARDS
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Allan Evans (first start in 5), Gray Williams (first start in 4) and Andy Gray replace Dean Glover, Ray Walker and David Norton.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.62 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.78 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.89 |

Referee

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Johnny Giles | 🇮🇪 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mike Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |
CF Carl Valentine | 🇨🇦 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gerry Armstrong | 🇬🇧 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Colin Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 Sep 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, Hawthorns

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