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Game #3924

Aston Villa

Saturday, 27 September 1986

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Drew

22nd (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Division One

Liverpool

Anfield

Attendance: 38,298

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

Liverpool

3-3

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🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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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

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 27 September 1986
  • 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.

  • 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.

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Liverpool

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1985-86

FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 27 September 1986

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🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 2 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 1.00

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1979-1987

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Nigel Spink, Time wasting
🟨 Tony Dorigo, Trip
🟨 Garry Thompson, Foul
🟨 Steve Hunt, Foul

CARDS
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Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up for his first game in charge.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.08 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.17 |

Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.19 |

Referee

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Steve Nicol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/12

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH 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.
Quotes

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 29 September 1986.
Reports

🟨 27 Sep 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield

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