Game #3929
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 October 1986
Won
18th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 14,614
Newcastle United
Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0
Newcastle United
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
Newcastle United
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 12 April 1986, Villa 4-1 Watford, Villa Park.
Cards: None
Lester Shapter
CARDS
Villa
None
Newcastle United
None
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 | 🏴 |
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 | 🇬🇧 |
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 | 🇯🇲 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Stephenson | 🏴 | (M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY 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.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 27 October 1986.
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