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Game #3876

Aston Villa

Saturday, 26 October 1985

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Lost

16th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Newcastle United

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,633

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-2

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Newcastle United

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Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 15' |

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 26 October 1985

🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Paul Gascoigne
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle United
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-2, (Newcastle United), Peter Beardsley
🔁 | 81' Sub off, Brendan Ormsby, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United

🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent

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

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 October 1985

  • Villa 🟥 lose their fourth successive game to sit 16th in the table under Graham Turner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Graham Turner’s Villa make it 🟥 six defeats in 🕒 fourteen Division One matches winning 🟩 three.

  • Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scores his ⚽ first League goal for the club on his 🕒 thirteenth Division One appearance since his return

  • Brendan Ormsby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 25 makes his 🕒 140th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Leeds United in February 1986 for a fee of £65,000. Ormsby left with a record of 🟩 W57 🟨 D38 🟥 L45, ⚽ 7 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists.

  • Ray Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes his 🕒 27th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (18 Starts) before moving on to Port Vale in July 1986 for a fee of £12,000. Walker left with a record of 🟩 W7 🟨 D11 🟥 L9 and 🔥 1 Assist.

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1983-85 🕒 27 | ✅ 18 🔁 (9) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 13 | #620 |
🔴 Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1977-85 🕒 140 | ✅ 136 🔁 (4) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 13 | #599 |

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

Newcastle United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Newcastle United

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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #62 |
Saturday, 26 October 1985

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🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 16 🟥 24 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Norman Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Chorley, 1977-1986
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 May 1985, Villa 4-0 Sunderland, Roker Park.
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Andy Gray, Dissent

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

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

David Norton replaces Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.37 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.93 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.83 |

Referee

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 | 🔴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Willie McFaul | 🇬🇧 |

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Newcastle United

GK Martin Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Jeff Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Anderson | 🇮🇪 |
LB John Bailey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ian Stewart | 🇬🇧 |
F George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | F George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, 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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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 26 Oct 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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