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Game #3868

Aston Villa

Saturday, 14 September 1985

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Drew

12th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division One

Coventry City

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,198

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Coventry City

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Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 10' |

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 September 1985

🥅 | 5' Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Paul Culpin
⚽ | 10' Goal, 1-1, Steve Hodge, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City

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

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 September 1985

  • Villa face their third consecutive 'derby' game as they are held by Coventry at Villa Park with new signing Steve Hodge scoring his second goal in four to send Villa 12th.  

  • Graham Turner’s Villa play a third successive game against a neighbouring team but can once again only draw as they now have two wins in eight League matches this season.

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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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

Coventry City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Coventry City

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Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #54 |
Saturday, 14 September 1985

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🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Kirby, 1981-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 54 | 🟩 | 19 🟨 | 15 🟥 20 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Kirby, 1981-1993
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 8 March 1983, Villa 2-0 Notts County, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

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

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Colin Gibson (first start in 7) replaces Darren Bradley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.16 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.81 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 17.92 |

Referee

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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 Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Don Mackay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Coventry City

GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Gynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Bowman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Paul Culpin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Terry Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Micky Gynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W David Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 14 Sep 1985, Villa 1-1 Coventry, Villa Park

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