Game #3924
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 September 1986
Drew
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 38,298
Liverpool
Anfield
Villa take the lead three times at Anfield only to be pegged back with a helping hand from the referee and a painful late equaliser from old boy Steve McMahon.
Liverpool
3-3
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 34' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 27 September 1986
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hodge
🥅 | 24’ Goal, 1-1, (Liverpool, pen), John Wark
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 2-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by Steve Hunt
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 2-2, (Liverpool), John Wark
🕒 | HT Liverpool 2-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 3-2, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 3-3, (Liverpool), Steve McMahon
🕒 | FT Liverpool 3-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Nigel Spink, Time wasting
🟨 | Booking, Tony Dorigo, Trip
🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill takes charge of Villa for the first time in the first division with the club having won just seven of their last thirty four league games losing eighteen. McNeill oversees a draw at 5th placed Liverpool prompting both relief and hope that the end of a torrid spell is near.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Liverpool
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1985-86
FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 27 September 1986
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach, 1976-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 2 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 1.00
Career Form:
Relegation
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴 | Sandbach, 1976-1988 🆘
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 January 1986, Villa 3-3 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Don Shaw
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Liverpool
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up for his first game in charge.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.17 |
Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 20.19 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
Liverpool
GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴 |
CB Steve Nicol | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M John Wark | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Steve McMahon (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Steve Nicol | 🏴 | (RB Barry Venison | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"We are far from perfect.
"We have the ingredients to make ourselves into a good side and start marching forward.
"We have got to do something about our goals against column.
“I’m a big believer in always fielding your strongest side and it could be very worthwhile to get Mark Walters crossing for Garry Thompson.
“We have got to become meaner and tighter there because if we stop other teams scoring then there is no question we have the players here to cause havoc at the other end.”
Billy McNeill.
"They played really well but we expected them to have fire in their bellies now that BILLY MCNEILL has arrived as the new manager.
”We were disappointed with the three goals we conceded and there will be an inquest.
"But Villa are too good and have too many quality players to stay at the bottom of the First Division for much longer.”
Steve McMahon.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 29 September 1986.
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