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Villa Matches Refereed by

John Hough

🟩 4 September 1985, Villa 3-0 Albion, The Hawthorns.

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John Hough

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans (pen) | 27' | Tony Daley | 39' | Mark Walters | 80' |

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 39' |

Game #3866

Division One

12th (+2)

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

West Bromwich Albion

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 22 December 1984, Villa 4-0 Newcastle, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

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

Match Timeline

⚽ | 27’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans (pen)
⚽ | 39' Goal, 2-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 80’ Goal, 3-0, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Aston Villa

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 22 December 1984, Villa 4-0 Newcastle, Villa Park.

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John Hough

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans (pen) | 35' | Paul Rideout | 38' | 62' | 85' |

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 38' | Colin Gibson | 62' | 85' |

Game #3837

Division One

15th (+3)

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Newcastle United

🟨 🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 7 September 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

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 McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans (pen)
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 2-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 3-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Colin Gibson
🔁 | 80' Sub off, Steve McMahon, Sub on, Didier Six
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 4-0, Paul Rideout, Assist by Colin Gibson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 Newcastle United

Substitutes

🔁 | W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 | for M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80' |

🟨 7 September 1983, Villa 2-2 Forest, City Ground.

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John Hough

Scorer(s) | Peter Withe | 17' | Gary Shaw | 69' |

Assist(s) | Colin Gibson | 17' |

Game #3763

Division One

8th (-)

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Nottingham Forest

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 17’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Colin Gibson
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-1, (Nottingham Forest), Peter Davenport
🕒 | HT Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 69’ Missed penalty, Gary Shaw, Referee ordered a retake
💥 | 69’ Missed penalty, Gary Shaw
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 2-1, Gary Shaw
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-2, (Nottingham Forest), Gary Birtles
🔁 | 89' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Paul Rideout
🕒 | FT Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 89' |

🟨 3 October 1981, Villa 1-1 Leeds, Elland Road.

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John Hough

Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 8' |

Assist(s) | Andy Blair | 8' |

Game #3652

Division One

17th= (-3)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟨

Villa Cards

None

Leeds United

None

Referee Record

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 13 October 1979, Villa 0-0 Albion, Villa Park.
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Gary Shaw, Assist by Andy Blair
🕒 | HT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 1-1, (Leeds United), Steve Balcombe
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Tony Morley

🟨 | Booking, Andy Blair, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Gordon Cowans, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Kenny Swain, Foul

Substitutes

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

🟨 13 October 1979, Villa 0-0 Albion, Villa Park.

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John Hough

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Game #3557

Division One

16th (-3)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨

West Bromwich Albion

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986 🆘
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 2
🆘 "Erred on the side of leniency" to refuse Villa a clear penalty before a brace of bookings for dissent and an unintentional handball.
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 28 August 1974, Villa 6-0 Hull, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Mike Pejic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF David Geddis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
🟨 | 60' Booking, Kenny Swain, Handball
🟨 | 76' Booking, David Geddis, Dissent
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 West Bromwich Albion

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟩 28 August 1974, Villa 6-0 Hull, Villa Park.

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John Hough

Scorer(s) | Sammy Morgan | 30' | 49’ | 78’ | Ray Graydon | 52’ | Brian Little | 70’ | Chico Hamilton | 85’ |

Assists(s) | Chico Hamilton | 52' | 70' | 78' |

Game #3286

Division Two

4th= (+3)

Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986 🆘
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 6-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨

Hull City

🟨 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: John Hough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Macclesfield, 1973-1986 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 1
🆘 "Over-zealous" refereeing booking four and dubiously disallowing a Villa strike.
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Jake Findlay | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Charlie Aitken | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Ian Ross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Chico Hamilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W Ray Graydon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Sammy Morgan | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Match Timeline

💥 | 15' Player left field of play, John Gidman, Villa down to 10 men
💥 | 20' Player returns to field of play, John Gidman
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Sammy Morgan
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Hull City
💥 | 48' Referee John Gough "dubiously" disallows a Morgan 'goal'
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 2-0, Sammy Morgan
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 3-0, Ray Graydon, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 4-0, Brian Little, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 5-0, Sammy Morgan, Assist by Chico Hamilton
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 6-0, Chico Hamilton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 6-0 Hull City

🟨 | Booking, Charlie Aitken
🟨 | Booking, Chris Nicholl

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

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