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Game #3917

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 26 August 1986

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Lost

22nd (-2)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Division One

Wimbledon

Plough Lane

Attendance: 6,366

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

Wimbledon

3-2

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Aston Villa

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🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 26 August 1986

🥅 | 11’ Goal, 1-0, (Wimbledon), Glyn Hodges
🟥 | 13’ Sending off, Gary Williams, Retaliatory kick
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-1, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 1-2, (Wimbledon), John Fashanu
🕒 | HT Wimbledon 2-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 88’ Goal, 1-3, (Wimbledon), Kevin Gage
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-3, Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Wimbledon 3-2 Aston Villa

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

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 26 August 1986

  • Villa concede three for the second successive game after being reduced to ten men after just 13 minutes.

  • Graham Turner's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose their opening two games of the season and have now 🟩 won just six of their last twenty nine league games, 🟥 losing fourteen.

  • Villa face Wimbledon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the first time in competitive football, Wimbledon become the 129th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

  • Centre forward Garry Thompson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 2nd appearance.

  • Steve Hodge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is 🟥 sent off on his 274th appearance in a Villa shirt.

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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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

Wimbledon

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wimbledon

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Previous 5 vs. Wimbledon: None

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

Wimbledon

PREVIOUS MATCH

None
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Wimbledon

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Match | #2 |
Manager Game | #103 |
Tuesday, 26 August 1986

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🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1978–1993
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

🕒 103 | 🟩 | 33 🟨 | 30 🟥 40 | 1.25

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1978–1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 9 November 1985, Villa 1-1 Watford, Vicarage Road.
Cards: 🟥

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟥 Gary Williams, Retaliatory kick

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

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Graham Turner names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.08 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.87 |

Referee

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Dave Bassett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Wimbledon

GK Dave Beasant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lawrie Sanchez | 🇬🇧 |
M Glyn Hodges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve Galliers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Alan Cork | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Colin Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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MATCH QUOTES

“If two players kick each other they should both have been dismissed.” Graham Turner.
Quotes

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Wednesday, 27 August 1986.

Reports

🟥 26 Aug 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane

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