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Game #3929

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 October 1986

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Won

18th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Division One

Newcastle United

Villa Park

Attendance: 14,614

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Newcastle United

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

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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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

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

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 October 1986
  • Villa climb to 18th in the table as they bounce back from a 🟥 first defeat under Billy McNeill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 thanks to a Steve Hodge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 brace against second from bottom Newcastle.

  • Villa have now 🟩 won three, 🟨 drawn one and 🟥 lost one under Billy McNeill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

  • Villa now have 🟩 ten wins in their last 🕒 thirty nine league games 🟥 losing nineteen.

  • Tony Daley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 secures his 🟩 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 39th appearance (30 Starts) to make it 🟩 W10 🟨 D11 🟥 L18, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

  • Steve Hodge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 61st appearance.

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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

Newcastle United

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Newcastle United
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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

League 🕒 107 | 🟩 41 | 🟨 21 | 🟥 45 | ⚽ 180 | 🥅 173 |
FA Cup 🕒 5 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 7 |
Home 🕒 56 | 🟩 32 | 🟨 12 | 🟥 12 | ⚽ 123 | 🥅 58 |

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

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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

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🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1978-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

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

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 2 🟥 1 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1978-1991

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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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

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Tony Daley replaces Paul Elliott.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.34 |

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

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

Referee

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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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 | 🇯🇲 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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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.
Quotes

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 27 October 1986.
Reports

🟩 25 Oct 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park

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