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Game #3890

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 1 January 1986

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Lost

18th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,215

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-1

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Manchester City

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 1 January 1986

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Mark Lillis
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 1 January 1986

Graham Turner’s Villa open 1986 with a sixth loss in eight League games as they lose to 16th placed Manchester City managed by Billy McNeill. As a result, Villa now have just five wins in twenty five Division One games and twelve defeats as they sit in 18th place in the table, three points off the drop zone.

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Manchester City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Aston Villa

Manchester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #76 |
Wednesday, 1 January 1986

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🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
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

🕒 76 | 🟩 | 26 🟨 | 20 🟥 30 | 1.29

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 August 1983, Villa 4-3 Albion, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Gray replaces Paul Kerr.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.87 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.11 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.22 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Eric Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Moulden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
121
120*
0
0
48
29
44
159
38
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, 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

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"Nothing has changed whatsoever so far as the manager's position is concerned." Herbert Douglas Ellis. "I can understand their frustration but It only makes me even more determined to find the winning blend." Graham Turner. "I asked the manager for some backing [in improving the youth set up] and he went against me. I was completely and utterly humiliated and I couldn't see how I could carry on." Brian Little on resigning as youth team coach.
Quotes

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.

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