Game #3863

Aston Villa

Saturday, 24 August 1985

Lost

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Division One

Queens Park Rangers

Villa Park

Attendance: 11,896

Aston Villa

1-2

Queens Park Rangers

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 68' |

Assist(s) | Steve McMahon | 68' |

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1984-1986

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Jim Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Queens Park Rangers

GK Peter Hucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ian Dawes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Chivers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gary Waddock | 🇮🇪 |
M Martin Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Byrne | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Gary Bannister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF John Byrne | 🇮🇪 | (W Wayne Fereday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

🟥 24 August 1985, Villa 1-2 QPR, Villa Park.

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 24 August 1985

Graham Turner’s Villa had now lost four of their last five and having already sold Paul Rideout, a fellow shining light of the 1984-85 season, midfielder Steve McMahon made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Liverpool in September 1985 for a fee of £350,000. McMahon played for Villa between 1983-84 and 1985-86 making 91 appearances and scoring 7 goals.

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