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Game #3940

Saturday, 6 December 1986

Attendance: 21,144

Lost

Division One

19th (-3)

Sheffield Wednesday

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Hillsborough

Villa hit the post twice and concede two dispute goals as their winless League run extends to five with three defeats as they tumble to nineteenth in the table after eighteen games.

Sheffield Wednesday

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

Billy McNeill, third loss in five League games as Villa fall back to nineteenth in the table, Saturday, 6 December 1986.

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MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Allan Evans (pen)
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-1, (Sheffield Wednesday, pen), Brian Marwood
🕒 | HT Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 1-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), Lee Chapman
🔁 | 77' Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Ungentlemanly conduct
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hodge, Ungentlemanly conduct
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Ungentlemanly conduct

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the fourth time in five games, for the third successive game and for the sixth time in seventeen games under his leadership. As a result Villa have just eleven wins in their last forty five League games losing twenty two.

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 6 December 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993 🆘
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨

Sheffield Wednesday

🟨 🟨

Colin Trussell

TEAM NEWS

Simon Stainrod, Steve Hunt, Andy Gray and Dean Glover replace Paul Kerr, Martin Keown, Gary Williams and Paul Elliott.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.81 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.04 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.15 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

GK Martin Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Brian Marwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Glynn Snodin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 8 December 1986.