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Game #3901

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 5 March 1986

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Drew

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

League Cup

Oxford United

Villa Park

Attendance: 23,098

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Oxford United

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🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 5 March 1986

🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Oxford United), John Aldridge
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 1-1, Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Oxford United
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Allan Evans
🥅 | 57’ Goal, (Oxford United), John Aldridge
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Oxford United

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

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 5 March 1986
  • Villa concede early and need a fine Paul Birch performance topped by a left-footed volley of an equaliser to bring Villa back into the game they are ultimately lucky to draw to keep the semi final tie alive.

  • Graham Turner’s Villa line up for their seventh Cup match in the last ten fixtures and can only draw in the home leg of the League Cup semi final against an Oxford United side having a worse League season than Villa.

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, 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

Oxford United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY
Oxford United
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Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

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

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #41 |
Manager Game | #87 |
Wednesday, 12 February 1986

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🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🕒 87 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 26 🟥 33 | 1.26

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1977-1995

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Nigel Spink, Darren Bradley and Simon Stainrod replace Kevin Poole, Tony Dorigo and Andy Gray.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.56 |

Oldest Player |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29.36 |

Youngest Player |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.23 |

Referee

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Maurice Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Alan Judge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Slatter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Gary Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Malcolm Shotton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Les Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Rhoades-Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jeremy Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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RB Dave Langan | 🇮🇪 |

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

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"We are still in it." Graham Turner.
Quotes

🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟨 5 Mar 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Villa Park

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