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Game #3903

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 12 March 1986

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Lost

Semi Final

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

League Cup

Oxford United

Manor Ground

Attendance: 13,989

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

Oxford United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 12 March 1986

🕒 | HT Oxford United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-1, (Oxford United), Les Phillips
🥅 | 73’ Goal, 0-2, (Oxford United), Jeremy Charles
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-2, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Oxford United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, 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

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 12 March 1986
  • Villa are well beaten at the Manor Ground, scoring a late goal that disguises the gulf between the teams as Oxford knock Villa out of the League Cup semi final and pressure mounts on the Villa hierarchy.

  • Graham Turner’s Villa lose the away leg of the League Cup semi final against an Oxford United side having an even worse League season than Villa.

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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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 🥅

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #43 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Wednesday, 12 March 1986

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🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1974-1986
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2 (3-4)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

🕒 89 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 26 🟥 35 | 1.24

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth, 1974-1986

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Paul Birch, Foul

CARDS
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None

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

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tony Dorigo, Gary Williams and Paul Kerr replace Darren Bradley, David Norton and Simon Stainrod.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.30 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.30 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.21 |

Referee

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

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

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 Les Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Rhoades-Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |
CF Jeremy Charles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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MATCH QUOTES
"We feel that for the good of the club and its future Mr Ellis must take stock of his position before further damage is done to our once great club. “This decline has occurred during his period as chairman and paid director." Statement from the Aston Villa Shareholders Association. "We just let the game slip. “For some of the players the game just passed them by. "I would imagine some can't remember much about it. “At least two or three of them looked in a bit of a dream. "It will obviously be difficult to get over the defeat. “I have never experienced a disappointment of this magnitude. “But it has got to be forgotten by tomorrow.” Graham Turner.
Quotes

🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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🟥 12 Mar 1986, Villa 1-2 Oxford, Manor Ground

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