Game #3926
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 8 October 1986
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 12,484
Reading
Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-1
Reading
Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 14' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa win consecutive games as they secure a comfortable victory over second division Reading in the League Cup to make it four games unbeaten since Billy McNeill's appointment.
KEY MAN
PREVIOUS MATCH
NEXT MATCH
MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 8 October 1986
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hodge
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Tony Dorigo
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 2-1, (Reading), Trevor Senior
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Reading
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Paul Kerr
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 4-1, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Reading
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill's Villa make it three games unbeaten and two wins as they see off Second Division Reading at Villa Park in the League Cup second leg.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Reading
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Reading
Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Wednesday, 8 October 1986
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 4 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 2.00
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Previous 5:
Last Match:
Cards: None
Neville Ashley
CARDS
Villa
None
Reading
None
TEAM NEWS
Andy Gray and Mark Walters make their first starts of the season in place of Simon Stainrod and Martin Keown.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.59 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 30.88 |
Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 20.78 |
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Ian Branfoot | 🏴 |
Reading
GK Gary Westwood | 🏴 |
D Colin Bailie | 🇬🇧 |
D Martin Hicks | 🏴 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴 |
LB Steve Richardson | 🏴 |
M Stuart Beavon | 🏴 |
M Jerry Williams | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Dean Horrix | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Paul Canoville | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Senior | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Kevin Bremner | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 79' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jerry Williams | 🏴 | (M Michael Gilkes | 🏴 |)
🔁 | F Dean Horrix | 🏴 | (CB Gary Peters | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"I was probably more nervous about this one than any of the other games we have.
"We could have scored about half a dozen classic goals.
"I think the crowd saw an appetite from the team and that was what they wanted.
“They also saw some great football. It doesn't win us the Littlewoods Cup but it certainly put a smile on our faces.“
Billy McNeill.
"We've only just begun to get things right.
"It would be very premature for anyone to say that our dark days are over.
"It's taken a lot of hard work to get where we are now, and there is still a lot to do.
"We are still third from bottom of the First Division. and to sort that out has got to be our top priority."
Andy Gray.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 9 October 1986.
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