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Villa Matches Refereed by

Colin Downey

🟩 5 September 1987, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 39' | Mark Lillis | 62' |

Assist(s) | Nigel Spink | 39' |

Game #3971

Division Two

16th (+4)

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Leicester City

None

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 January 1986, FA Cup, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟢 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Lillis, Malcolm Allen
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Nigel Spink
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0 Mark Lillis
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 4 January 1986, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | Paul Kerr | 40' | Paul Birch | 89' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 40' | Mark Walters | 89' |

Game #3891

FA Cup

3rd Round

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Portsmouth

🟥 🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988 🆘
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 21 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 40’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Kerr, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 1-1, (Portsmouth), Noel Blake
🟨 | 59' Booking, Simon Stainrod, Dissent
💥 | 59' Portsmouth's Billy Gilbert knocks Simon Stainrod to the ground
🟥 | 63' Sending off, (Portsmouth), Billy Gilbert finally sent off for the offence four minutes later
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 1-2, (Portsmouth, pen), Kevin Dillon
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 2-2, Paul Birch, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Ungentlemanly conduct
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hodge, Ungentlemanly conduct
🟨 | Booking, Paul Birch, Ungentlemanly conduct

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 21 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 13' | Steve Hodge | 45' | Paul Birch | 47' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 13' | 45' |

Game #3869

Division One

11th (+1)

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Ipswich Town

None

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 30 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Andy Gray
⚽ | 45' Goal, 2-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-2 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46' Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Darren Bradley
⚽ | 47' Goal, 3-0, Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 0-3 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Foul

Substitutes

🔁 | M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

🟩 30 April 1983, Villa 4-0 Stoke, Villa Park.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 43' | Ken McNaught | 53' | Tony Morley | 75' | Allan Evans | 85' |

Assist(s) | Gordon Cowans | 53' | 85' | Dennis Mortimer | 43' | 75' |

Game #3756

Division One

3rd= (+1)

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Stoke

None

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 September 1982, Villa 0-1 Southampton, The Dell.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 43' Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
⚽ | 53' Goal, 2-0, Ken McNaught, Assist by Gordon Cowans
⚽ | 75' Goal, 3-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
⚽ | 85' Goal, 4-0, Allan Evans, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Stoke City

🔁 | Sub off, Colin Gibson, Sub on, Des Bremner

Substitutes

🔁 | M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟥 4 September 1982, Villa 0-1 Southampton, The Dell.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3705

Division One

22nd (-)

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨

Southampton

None

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mark Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 2’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Justin Fashanu
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Pat Heard, Foul.

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 28 April 1982, Villa 1-4 Leeds, Villa Park.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | David Geddis | 11' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3696

Division One

12th (-)

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨

Leeds United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, David Geddis
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Arthur Graham
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Leeds United
🥅 | 48’ Goal, 1-2, (Leeds United), Frank Worthington
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 1-3, (Leeds United), Frank Worthington
🔁 | 60' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Mark Walters 🟢
🥅 | 63' Goal, 1-4, (Leeds United), Terry Connor
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-4 Leeds United

🟨 | Booking, Ken McNaught, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Foul

Substitutes

🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60' |

🟥 23 September 1980, Villa 1-2 Cambridge, Abbey Stadium.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | Tony Morley | 6' |

Assist(s) | Des Bremner | 6' |

Game #3605

League Cup

3rd Round

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨

Cambridge United

None

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Tony Morley, Assist by Des Bremner
🥅 | 8’ Goal, 1-1, (Cambridge United), Tommy Finney
🥅 | 18’ Goal, 2-1, (Cambridge United), Steve Spriggs
🕒 | HT Cambridge United 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 63' Sub off, Tony Morley, Sub on, Gary Shaw
🕒 | FT Cambridge United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Dennis Mortimer, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Colin Gibson, Foul

Substitutes

🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63' |

🟥 3 December 1977, Villa 0-2 Ipswich, Portman Road.

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Colin Downey

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #3466

Division One

11th (-4)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Ipswich Town

None

Referee Record

Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
FB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, Ipswich Town, Trevor Whymark
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 0-2, Ipswich Town, Eric Gates
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 2-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

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