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Game #3944

Aston Villa

Saturday, 27 December 1986

Chelsea

4-1

Aston Villa

Division One

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Attendance: 14,637

Lost

18th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Controversial referee David Axcell strikes again as he hands bottom club Chelsea a dubious penalty after 8' to set them on the way to victory as Villa's fighting skills appear worryingly depleted. Villa drop to 18th and are now just one clear of the relegation places after 22 games.

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 27 December 1986

🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea, pen), Nigel Spackman
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Kerry Dixon
🕒 | HT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea), Colin Pates
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-4, (Chelsea), Kerry Dixon
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-4, Paul Elliott
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley

🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Foul

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the sixth time in ten games and have now just twelve wins in their last forty nine League games losing twenty three. This latest defeat comes against bottom club Chelsea as Villa fall to 20th.

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 27 December 1986

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 22 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 7 | 1.41

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 November 1986, League Cup, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell 🆘
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Paul Birch and Steve Hunt replace Tony Daley and David Norton.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.64 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.10 |

Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.44 |

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 Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Gordon Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

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

"It's time for a fighting spirit and determined attitude to manifest itself, because otherwise we could take as bad a hammering as Leicester did." "We didn't compete as enthusiastically as we might have done at Chelsea, but at least we are still in there among a whole host of teams who have an escape route. "It's going to be the teams that want to survive the most who will achieve that. "We have to prove that our determination to stay up is greater than that of everybody else." Martin O’Neill.

MATCH REPORT

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 29 December 1986.

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