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Game #3931

Aston Villa

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Saturday, 1 November 1986

16th (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Gary Williams (first start in 14) and Garry Thompson replace Paul Birch and Mark Walters.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.26 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.05 |

  • A brace from Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 including a breathtaking overhead kick secures Villa's 🟩 fifth win under Billy McNeill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 as they climb to a season high 16th in the first division table.

  • Villa now have 🟩 eleven wins in their last forty league games having lost 🟥 nineteen.

  • Winger Tony Daley contributes his 🔥 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 41st appearance (32 Starts) to make it 🟩 W11 🟨 D12 🟥 L18, ⚽ 4 Goals and 🔥 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

  • Centre forward Simon Stainrod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ 25th goal on his 🕒 55th appearance in a Villa shirt (52 Starts).

  • Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 appears for the first time in 3 months and the first time under Billy McNeill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to make it 🕒 275 appearances in a Villa shirt.

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Won

2-0

🟩 1 Nov 1986, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Simon Stainrod | 64' | 72' |

Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 64' | Tony Daley | 72' |

Match Timeline:

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Steve Hunt
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 1 November 1986

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

Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1978-1991

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 9 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 3 🟥 1 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
144
🟩
55
🟨
2
143*
🟨
38
🟥
0
0
🟥
51
0
🥅
41
198
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
275
🟩
110
🟨
17
270
🟨
66
🟥
1
2
🟥
99
12
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
12
🟩
4
🟨
1
12
🟨
3
🟥
0
0
🟥
5
1
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
399
🟩
164
🟨
42
396
🟨
105
🟥
4
55
🟥
130
12
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
101
🟩
33
🟨
10
96
🟨
30
🟥
1
1
🟥
38
7
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
63
🟩
21
🟨
9
63
🟨
20
🟥
0
15
🟥
22
8
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
37
🟩
14
🟨
2
33
🟨
10
🟥
0
3
🟥
13
4
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
14
🟩
6
🟨
2
14
🟨
2
🟥
0
3
🟥
6
4
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
38
🟩
14
🟨
0
37
🟨
12
🟥
0
2
🟥
12
2
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
41
🟩
11*
🟨
0
32*
🟨
12
🟥
0
3
🟥
18
5*
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
55
🟩
15
🟨
6
52
🟨
17
🟥
0
25
🟥
23
7
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Leicester City

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Villa Park

Attendance: 14,529

GK Ian Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Simon Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Ally Mauchlen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Paul Bunce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | W Paul Bunce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Tony Sealy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

None

None

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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