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Game #3889

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 December 1985

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Drew

17th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Division One

West Bromwich Albion

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,796

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-1

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West Brom

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Assist(s) | David Norton | 43' |

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 28 December 1985

⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Kerr, Assist by David Norton
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion), Steve Hunt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 December 1985

Graham Turner’s Villa can only draw with bottom club Albion and now have just five wins in twenty four Division One games and eleven defeats as they sit in 18th place in the table.

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, 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

West Bromwich Albion

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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West Bromwich Albion

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #75 |
Saturday, 28 December 1985

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🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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

🕒 75 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 20 🟥 29 | 1.31

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 16 April 1985, Villa 1-3 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Nigel Spink, Allan Evans, Tony Daley, David Norton and Paul Kerr replace Kevin Poole, Dean Glover, Darren Bradley, Gary Shaw and Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.08 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.23 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.21 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Nobby Stiles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Bromwich Albion

GK Tony Godden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Aly Robertson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D Andy Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Derek Statham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve MacKenzie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mickey Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F George Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | RB Jimmy Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | (M Robbie Dennison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
120
119*
0
0
48
29
43
158
38
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.

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