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
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
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 8 December 1986.
