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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 October 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 October 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

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 26 October 1985

Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the fourth successive League game to make it six defeats in fourteen Division One matches and just three wins as they remain in 16th place in the table. Meanwhile, Andy Gray scores his first League goal for the club in twelve game since his return as Brendan Ormsby played his final game for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Leeds United in February 1986 for a fee of £65,000. Ormsby had played for Villa between 1978-79 and 1985-86 making 140 appearances and scoring 7 goals. Also moving on was Ray Walker, who played his final game for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Port Vale in July 1986 for a fee of £12,000. Walker had played for Villa between 1982-83 and 1985-86 making 27 appearances.

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1983-85 | 🕒 27 | 18 (9) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 13 | #619 |
🔴 Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1977-85 | 🕒 140 | 136 (4) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 13 | #598 |

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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

Aston Villa

Newcastle United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

🟥 26 October 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 October 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
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 62 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 16 🟥 24 | 1.32

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟥 26 October 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
Manager

🟥 26 October 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 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

Substitutes

🟥 26 October 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

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
109
108*
0
0
45
25
39
142
36
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
16
6*
1
2
5
5
6*
-
-
0
0

UNUSED

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Squad Bios

🟥 26 October 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

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 26 October 1985, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, Villa Park.

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