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Game #3929

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 October 1986

Aston Villa

2-0

Newcastle United

Division One

Newcastle United

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,614

Won

18th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Assist(s) | Martin Keown | 12' | Garry Thompson | 24' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa climb to 18th in the table as they bounce back from a first defeat under Billy McNeill with a Steve Hodge brace against second from bottom Newcastle.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 25 October 1986

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Martin Keown
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa return to winning ways as they beat bottom club Newcastle after defeat last time out and have now won three, drawn one and lost one under his leadership. Meanwhile, Villa now have ten wins in their last thirty nine league games losing nineteen.

Aston Villa

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

Newcastle United

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Newcastle United

Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 25 October 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 2 🟥 1 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 6
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 3
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

None

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None

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TEAM NEWS

Tony Daley replaces Paul Elliott.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.34 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.24 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.03 |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Willie McFaul | 🇬🇧 |

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Newcastle United

GK Martin Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Anderson | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
M Ian Stewart | 🇬🇧 |
F Andy Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cunningham | 🇯🇲 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH QUOTES

"Hodge has never played better than he is doing at the moment. "My intention is to keep him here because he is playing well and scoring important goals. “I want him to be here and doing that for a very long time. "He has stood up to stick from the fans and they are appreciating that he is playing well." Billy McNeill.

MATCH REPORT

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 27 October 1986.

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