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Game #3932

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 4 November 1986

Aston Villa

2-1

Derby County

League Cup

Derby County

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,477

Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | David Norton | 61' |

MATCH SUMMARY

A dominant performance from Paul Birch, topped off with an 11' volley to put Villa ahead, sees Billy McNeill's side progress to the League Cup fourth round at the expense of second tier Derby.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 4 November 1986

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Geraint Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Derby County
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by David Norton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Derby County

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa win for the sixth time in nine games under his leadership as newly promoted second tier side Derby are beaten in the League Cup at Villa Park.

Aston Villa

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

Derby County

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Derby County

Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Tuesday, 4 November 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1981–1990
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 3 🟥 1 | 2.10

Villa Career Form:

Champions

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1981–1990
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 3
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 November 1985, Villa 1-2 Tottenham, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Paul Birch replaces Gary Williams.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.85 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.27 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.06 |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Derby County

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mike Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gary Micklewhite | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geraint Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Davison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Gee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M David Penney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

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

"We won the the ie because we scored two great goals. That's how Cup-ties are clinched and we certainly showed a lot of appetite.” “But I thought we also showed anxiety in the first-half even after we had scored the first goal." Billy McNeill.

MATCH REPORT

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Wednesday, 5 November 1986.

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