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Game #3878

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 November 1985

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Won

15th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Division One

Oxford United

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,922

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Oxford United

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🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 November 1985

⚽ | 42’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Oxford United
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Dorigo
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Oxford United

🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 November 1985

Graham Turner’s Villa end a run of four successive League defeats as they beat 18th placed Oxford at Villa Park to make it four wins in fifteen Division One games.

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, 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

Oxford United

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

Aston Villa

Oxford United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Oxford United

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #64 |
Saturday, 2 November 1985

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🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Ray Guy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1982–1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 64 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 16 🟥 24 | 1.38

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ray Guy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Liverpool, 1982–1987
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 22 September 1984, Villa 0-1 Tottenham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

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None

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.34 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.95 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.05 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Maurice Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Steve Hardwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Slatter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Malcolm Shotton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Dave Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M Les Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Rhoades-Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Andy Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Jeremy Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

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

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
111
110*
0
0
47
25
39
142
38
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟩 2 November, Villa 2-0 Oxford, 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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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