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Game #3936

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 18 November 1986

Southampton

2-1

Aston Villa

League Cup

Southampton

The Dell

Attendance: 13,402

Lost

4th Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

One of the worst refereeing performances of all time sees Mark Dennis commit horrific fouls throughout the game without punishment before Villa have two players sent off for lesser offences and two legitimate goals chalked off.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 18 November 1986

💥 | 16’ Goal Disallowed, Garry Thompson’ goal ruled out despite ball being a foot over the line
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Jimmy Case scores immediately from the restart
🟨 | 20’ Mark Dennis booked for horrific tackle on Gary Williams
💥 | 38’ Mark Dennis two footed lunge on Simon Stainrod escapes booking
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | Mark Dennis heads Steve Hunt shot off line with ‘keeper beaten
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Tony Daley Sub on, Mark Walters
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-2, Allan Evans (pen) after Paul Kerr is fouled
💥 | 72' Goal Disallowed, Paul Kerr equaliser ruled out incorrectly for pushing
💥 | Mark Dennis lunge on Tony Daley requires six stitches, escapes booking
🟥 | 74' Mark Dennis is finally sent off after a scuffle with Martin Keown
🟥 | 74' Martin Keown also sent off, first offence
🟥 | 76' Gary Williams sent off for aiming a kick at Steve Baker, first offence
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 | Allan Evans booked for kicking the ball at referee David Axcell

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa lose to Southampton in the fourth round of the League Cup.

Aston Villa

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

Southampton

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Tuesday, 18 November 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 October 1985, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

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🟥 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Kevin Poole (first start since September) and Martin Keown replace Nigel Spink and Paul Birch.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.49 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.31 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.10 |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |

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Southampton

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🤡 |
M Graham Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M George Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 57' |
🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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

MATCH REPORT

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Wednesday, 19 November 1986.

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