Game #3925
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 October 1986
Won
20th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 18,563
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Garry Thompson hit the disputed winner against his old club as Villa come away from Highfield Road with their second win of the season to climb to 20th in the table two places off the bottom.
Coventry City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Hodge | 54' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 October 1986
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Steve Hodge
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Tony Dorigo, Trip
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill's Villa win in only their second game under his leadership and as a result have won eight of their last thirty six league games losing eighteen.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 4 October 1986
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 1.67
Career Form:
Top 6
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Previous 5: 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 August 1984, Villa 3-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Ken Walmsley
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Coventry City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.10 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.19 |
Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 20.21 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
George Curtis (ex) | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Phillips | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W David Bennett | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 60' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Phillips | 🏴 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 6 October 1986.
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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