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Game #3916

Aston Villa

Saturday, 23 August 1986

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Lost

20th

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

Villa Park

Attendance: 24,712

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

0-3

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 23 August 1986

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Garry Thompson
🥅 | 4’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Clive Allen
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Clive Allen
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Clive Allen
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 23 August 1986

Graham Turner's Villa open the season with a heavy defeat to Tottenham and have now won just six of their last twenty eight league games, losing thirteen. Meanwhile, Garry Thompson made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £450,000 in June 1986.

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #102 |
Saturday, 23 August 1986

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🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
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

🕒 102 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 39 | 1.26

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 8 March 1986, Villa 1-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Garry Thompson makes his debut whilst Graham Turner selects Kevin Poole in goal in place of Nigel Spink.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.07 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.07 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.86 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Graham Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Chris Waddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, 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

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“3-0 at home looks a disaster and it was certainly disappointing. But it was not one to panic about.” Graham Turner.
Quotes

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 25 August 1986.

Reports

🟥 23 August 1986, Villa 0-3 Spurs, Villa Park.

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MATCH VIDEO

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