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Game #3908

Aston Villa

Monday, 31 March 1986

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Won

19th (+1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Leicester City

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,200

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

1-0

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Leicester City

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Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 50' |

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 31 March 1986

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Dorigo
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Leicester City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Monday, 31 March 1986

Graham Turner’s Villa win for the second time in four League matches but only the second time in 1986 as a result have just seven wins in thirty five Division One games and sixteen defeats and sit nineteenth in the table, only out of the bottom three on goal difference.

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Leicester City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Aston Villa

Leicester City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Leicester City

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1985-86 |
Matchday | #48 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #94 |
Monday, 31 March 1986

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🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
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

🕒 94 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 28 🟥 36 | 1.26

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 4
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Walters and David Norton replace Gary Williams and Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.94 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.35 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.26 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Gordon Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Leicester City

GK Ian Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Andy Feeley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Ally Mauchlen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Laurie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Tony Sealy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Laurie Cunningham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Rob Kelly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, 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

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, 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 Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 31 March 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

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