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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 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-2

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Nottingham Forest

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🟥 12 October 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

🟥 12 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 12 October 1985

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 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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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

Nottingham Forest

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

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 12 October 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 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1983–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 60 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 16 🟥 22 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 12 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1983–1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟨 🟨

🟥 12 October 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
Manager

🟥 12 October 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 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 12 October 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

🟥 12 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
107
106*
0
0
45
25
37
136
36
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
15
5*
1
2
5
5
5*
-
-
0
0

UNUSED

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Squad Bios

🟥 12 October 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

🟥 12 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 12 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Forest, Villa Park.

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