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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 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

West Brom

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Aston Villa

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🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The 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

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 4 September 1985

Graham Turner’s Villa make it consecutive wins for the first time this season and the first time in the League since May as they climb to 12th in the table after beating bottom club Albion.

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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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

West Bromwich Albion

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

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥

West Bromwich Albion

PREVIOUS MATCH

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West Bromwich Albion

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The 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 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 52 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 13 🟥 20 | 1.35

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 December 1984, Villa 4-0 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The 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
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture
Manager

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The 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 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The 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

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The 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 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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With thanks to

Ignition Sports Media https://www.ignitionsportsmedia.com/collections/aston-villa

Darren Hunt for the kind permission to use his collection of historic Villa programme covers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/astonvillaprogrammes/

Tables & Programmes

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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MATCH VIDEO

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