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Game #3882

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 November 1985

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Lost

16th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 17,509

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 34' |

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 23 November 1985

🥅 | 31’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Kerry Dixon
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-1, Andy Gray, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 74' Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 2-1, (Chelsea), David Speedie
🕒 | FT Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Dean Glover, Tug

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

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 23 November 1985
  • Villa lose for the first time in four first division games as they are beaten at Stamford Bridge to remain 16th in the table.

  • Graham Turner’s Villa lose for the first time in four League games but they now have just four wins in eighteen Division One games and seven defeats as they remain in 16th place in the table.

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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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: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Chelsea

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

FIXTURE HISTORY
Chelsea
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Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

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

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #68 |
Saturday, 23 November 1985

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🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994
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

🕒 68 | 🟩 | 24 🟨 | 19 🟥 25 | 1.34

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Dean Glover, Tug

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

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Darren Bradley (first start in 10) replaces Colin Gibson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.89 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.00 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.11 |

Referee

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Micky Hazard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 74' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Micky Hazard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Kevin McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 23 Nov 1985, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

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