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Game #3874

Aston Villa

Saturday, 12 October 1985

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Lost

16th (-3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Nottingham Forest

Villa Park

Attendance: 15,315

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Nottingham Forest

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🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 October 1985

🟨 | 9' Booking, Steve Hodge, Foul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 60’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Brendan Ormsby o.g.
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-1, Colin Gibson
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 1-2, (Nottingham Forest), Nigel Clough
🔁 | 81' Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest

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

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 12 October 1985
  • Villa make it successive League defeats as Forest win at Villa Park to push Villa down to 16th in the table.

  • Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the second successive League game to make it four defeats in twelve Division One matches and just three wins and fall to 16th place in the table as a result.

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, 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

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

League 🕒 87 | 🟩 43 | 🟨 17 | 🟥 27 | ⚽ 162 | 🥅 124 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 47 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 106 | 🥅 48 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Saturday, 12 October 1985

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🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1985–1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 16 🟥 22 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1985–1992

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Steve Hodge, Foul

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

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.89 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.79 |

Referee

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, 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 Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Steve Sutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |
M Brian Rice | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Neil Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gary Birtles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Des Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park

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