Game #3944
Aston Villa
Saturday, 27 December 1986
Lost
18th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 14,637
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge
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.
Chelsea
4-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
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
Chelsea
Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
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
Career Form:
Mid Table
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴 | Southend, 1981-1993 🆘
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 November 1986, League Cup, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell 🆘
Cards: 🟨
David Axcell
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Chelsea
None
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
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
John Hollins | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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
🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴 | (CF Gordon Durie | 🏴 |)
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 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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY 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.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 29 December 1986.
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