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Villa Matches Refereed by

John Deakin

🟥 1 March 1989, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Game #4053

Division One

13th (-)

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 November 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 23’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Waddle
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Waddle
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 26 November 1988, Villa 1-2 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 73' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 73' |

Game #4036

Division One

14th (-2)

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨

Coventry City

🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 7
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 February 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 12’ Goal, 0-1, (Coventry City), Cyrille Regis
🕒 | HT Coventry City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-2, (Coventry City), Keith Houchen
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Paul Birch
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-2, Alan McInally, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Coventry City 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Alan McInally, Wild tackle
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Dissent

Substitutes

🔁 M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66' |

🟥 20 February 1988, Villa 2-3 Blackburn, Ewood Park.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | David Platt | 68' | Garry Thompson | 83' |

Assist(s) | Tony Daley | 83' |

Game #4006

Division Two

2nd (-1)

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Blackburn Rovers

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 7 February 1987, Villa 0-1, QPR, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, David Platt
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Simon Garner
🕒 | HT Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 0-2, (Blackburn Rovers), Steve Archibald
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 1-2, David Platt
⚽ | 83’ Goal, 2-2, Garry Thompson, Assist by Tony Daley
🥅 | 86’ Goal, 2-3, (Blackburn Rovers), Steve Archibald
🕒 | FT Blackburn Rovers 3-2 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟥 7 February 1987, Villa 0-1, QPR, Villa Park.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3950

Division One

21st (-)

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨

Queens Park Rangers

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 23 February 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park.
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Queens Park Rangers
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 0-1, (Queens Park Rangers), Martin Keown o.g.
🔁 | 68' Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Queens Park Rangers

🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Foul

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68' |

🟩 23 February 1985, Villa 2-1 West Ham, Upton Park.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 58' | Brendan Ormsby | 74' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3844

Division One

10th (+2)

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

West Ham United

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 2 February 1985, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟨 | 2' Booking, Brendan Ormsby, Foul
🕒 | HT West Ham United 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 50’ Goal, 0-1, (West Ham United), Paul Goddard
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 2-1, Brendan Ormsby
🕒 | FT West Ham United 1-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 2 February 1985, Villa 2-1 Ipswich, Villa Park.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | Gordon Cowans | 38' | Colin Gibson | 80' |

Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 38' | Gordon Cowans | 80' |

Game #3843

Division One

12th (-)

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Ipswich Town

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 38' Goal, 1-0, Gordon Cowans, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Ipswich Town
⚽ | 80' Goal, 2-0, Colin Gibson, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🥅 | 87' Goal, 2-1, (Ipswich Town), Russell Osman
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Ipswich Town

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 29 August 1983, Villa 1-0 Sunderland, Villa Park.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 73' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 73' |

Game #3761

Division One

3rd (+2)

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Sunderland

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 6 November 1982, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
⚽ | 73’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟨 6 November 1982, Villa 0-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.

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John Deakin

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3721

Division One

10th (-2)

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Coventry City

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
FB Eamonn Deacy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

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