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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

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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

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 79' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Michael Gilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Gary Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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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.

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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