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Game #3942

Aston Villa

Saturday, 20 December 1986

Oxford United

2-2

Aston Villa

Division One

Oxford United

Manor Ground

Attendance: 8,364

Drew

20th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Assist(s) | David Norton | 7' | Andy Gray | 25' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa encounter yet another poor refereeing performance - this time from two officials after Keith Miller was replaced by Geoff Pearson, the latter gifting Oxford a bogus penalty to leave Villa winless in eight.

KEY MAN

Billy McNeill, another poor refereeing performance sees Villa winless in eight, Saturday, 20 December 1986.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 December 1986

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by David Norton
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 1-1, (Oxford United), Gary Briggs
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Oxford United 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-2, (Oxford United, pen), John Aldridge
🟥 | 88' Sending off, (Oxford United) Les Phillips
🕒 | FT Oxford United 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Dissent

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa draw for the second successive match bur are now without a win in eight and have just eleven wins in their last forty seven League games losing twenty two.

Aston Villa

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

Oxford United

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1985-86

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Oxford United

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 20 December 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988
Replaced by Geoff Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kingston
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 20 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988 🆘
Substitute Referee: Geoff Pearson
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 December 1986, FMC, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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🟥 🟨 🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Gary Williams, Paul Elliott, Martin Keown and Mark Walters replace Dean Glover, Steve Hodge, Steve Hunt and Allan Evans in a team notable for consisting of five defenders, one winger and four forwards.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.08 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.19 |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Maurice Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Steve Hardwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Dave Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Brock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Leworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Les Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

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

"I put in a perfectly good tackle on [Les] Phillips and was amazed when he got up and kicked me. “I have been in enough trouble without wishing to get involved again. “Phillips was silly. He fell over for the penalty and then laughed when the ref pointed to the spot." Gary Williams. "The ref said something about counting to seven seconds waiting for me to kick the ball. I ask you, the game had only just got going and he never gave me any warning." Nigel Spink. "There were some amazing decisions from both refs. When did you last see a goalkeeper penalised for time wasting in the first 20 minutes?" Andy Gray.

MATCH REPORT

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 22 December 1986.

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