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Game #3887

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 17 December 1985

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Won

17th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

Queens Park Rangers

Loftus Road

Attendance: 8,237

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

Queens Park Rangers

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Aston Villa

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🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 17 December 1985

⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 17 December 1985

Graham Turner’s Villa win for the first time in seven League games and end a run of four consecutive losses but they now have just five wins in twenty two Division One games and ten defeats and sit in 17th place in the table.

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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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

Queens Park Rangers

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1966-67

Aston Villa

Queens Park Rangers

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Queens Park Rangers

Previous 5 vs. QPR: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Queens Park Rangers

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Queens Park Rangers

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #73 |
Tuesday, 17 December 1985

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🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1973-1986
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 73 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 19 🟥 28 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1973-1986
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 March 1982, Villa 1-3 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Kevin Poole, Paul Birch and Dean Glover replace Nigel Spink, Allan Evans and Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.27 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.07 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.98 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Queens Park Rangers

GK Paul Barron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 |
M Mike Fillery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Clive Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Wayne Fereday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Michael Robinson | 🇮🇪 |
CF John Byrne | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Martin Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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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 Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 17 December 1985, Villa 1-0 QPR, Loftus Road.

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