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Game #3895

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 22 January 1986

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Drew

Quarter Final

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

League Cup

Arsenal

Villa Park

Attendance: 26,093

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Arsenal

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Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 75' |

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 22 January 1986

🥅 | 33’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Charlie Nicholas
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 1-1, Dean Glover, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Arsenal

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Foul

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

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 22 January 1986
  • Villa fight back to draw in the League Cup quarter final thanks to Dean Glover's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ first goal for the club ahead of a Highbury replay to earn the right to play Oxford United in the Semis.

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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

Arsenal

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1978–79

FIXTURE HISTORY
Arsenal
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Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #35 |
Manager Game | #81 |
Wednesday, 22 January 1986

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🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1982-1994
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 81 | 🟩 | 27 🟨 | 23 🟥 31 | 1.28

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1982-1994

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Mark Walters, Foul

CARDS
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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tony Dorigo replaces Paul Kerr.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.44 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.17 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.07 |

Referee

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Don Howe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Rhys Wilmot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tommy Caton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Rix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Ian Allinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Tony Woodcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 22 Jan 1986, Villa 1-1 Arsenal, Villa Park

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