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Game #3939

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 2 December 1986

Lost

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Full Members Cup 3rd Round

Attendance: 8,224

Ipswich Town

Portman Road

Ipswich Town

1-0

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa's winless run extends to five. Although it is only the full members cup the nature of defeat against a second tier side proves concerning.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 2 December 1986

🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Kevin Wilson
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the third time in four games as they are beaten by second division Ipswich in the Full Members Cup.

Meanwhile, Paul Kerr made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Middlesbrough in January 1987 for a fee of £50,000. Kerr had played for Villa between 1983-84 and 1986-87 making 33 appearances and scoring 6 goals.

Aston Villa

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

Ipswich Town

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81

FIXTURE HISTORY

Ipswich Town

Previous 5 vs. Ipswich: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Tuesday, 2 December 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 17 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 5 🟥 5 | 1.53

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

Keith Miller

CARDS

Villa

None

Ipswich Town

🟨

TEAM NEWS

Not recorded

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.31 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.03 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.14 |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

John Duncan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Ipswich Town

GK John Hallworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Frank Yallop | 🇨🇦 |
D Tony Humes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ian Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jason Dozzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Gleghorn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Wilson | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Michael Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 78’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Neill Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

🔴 M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Wednesday, 3 December 1986.

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

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