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Game #3904

Aston Villa

Saturday, 15 March 1986

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Drew

20th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Attendance: 12,933

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

Nottingham Forest

1-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Paul Elliott | 72' |

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 15 March 1986

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Steve Hunt, Andy Blair
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 0-1 (Nottingham Forest, pen), Nigel Clough
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Paul Elliott
🔁 | 80' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Hodge, 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

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 15 March 1986

  • Graham Turner’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa earn a 🟨 draw at the City Ground as they remain 20th in the table but close the gap to safety to three points with eleven left to play.

  • Villa now have 🟩 one win in their last sixteen first division games and 🟩 five wins in thirty one Division One games whilst suffering 🟥 fifteen defeats.

  • Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 26, the 616th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football, makes his second debut for the club after joining from Sheffield Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for £100,000.

  • Winger Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 29, the 576th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football, makes his second debut for the club 501 games after his last appearance following his transfer from West Bromwich Albion for £90,000

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City 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

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #90 |
Saturday, 15 March 1986

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🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1981–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
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

🕒 90 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 27 🟥 35 | 1.23

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Moules | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1981–1993
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 9 March 1985, Villa 2-2 Norwich, Carrow Road.
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Steve Hodge, 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

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Shaw, Andy Blair (debut) and Steve Hunt (debut) replace Paul Birch, Dean Glover and Paul Kerr.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.48 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.31 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.22 |

Referee

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
LB Brett Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dave Campbell | 🇬🇧 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Gary Birtles | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH QUOTES

"Obviously, we need to collect every possible point. "But we must now just take each game as it comes and try to claim maximum points." Graham Turner.
Quotes

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 15 Mar 1986, Villa 1-1 Forest, City Ground

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