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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 Mar 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 Mar 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

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

🟩 31 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Monday, 31 March 1986
  • Villa win for the second time in four League games under Graham Turner but only the third time in twenty first division matches as they climb to 19th in the table to move out of the relegation places on goal difference.

  • 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 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, 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

Leicester City

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
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Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

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

🟩 31 Mar 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 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1978-1991
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🕒 94 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 28 🟥 36 | 1.26

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟩 31 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1978-1991

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

🟩 31 Mar 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

🟩 31 Mar 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 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 31 Mar 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

Squad Bios

🟩 31 Mar 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 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 31 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 31 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
Quotes

🟩 31 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟩 31 Mar 1986, Villa 1-0 Leicester, Villa Park

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