Game #3945
Aston Villa
6-5-12, 23 PTS
Thursday, 1 January 1987
20th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB David Norton | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
Substitutes:
🔁 | CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 75' |
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Allan Evans, Tony Daley and David Norton replace Martin Keown, Mark Walters and Gary Williams.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.86 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.11 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 19.22 |
Billy McNeill's Villa open 1987 with a seventh loss in eleven games and have now just twelve wins in their last fifty League games losing twenty four. Villa drop to 21st in the table.
Villa hold out for 45 minutes but end up well beaten by second placed Everton as they fall to 20th in the table and in the relegation zone on goal difference.
Lost
0-3
🟥 1 Jan 1987, Villa 0-3 Everton, Goodison
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🕒 | HT Everton 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Alan Harper
🥅 | 57’ Goal, 0-2, (Everton), Trevor Steven
🔁 | 75' Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Martin Keown
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 0-3, (Everton), Kevin Sheedy
🕒 | FT Everton 3-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Thursday, 1 January 1987
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1987-1996
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1987-1996
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 23 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 8 | 1.35
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Everton
13-5-5, 44 PTS
Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,203
GK Neville Southall | 🏴 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴 |
CB Alan Harper | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Kevin Ratcliffe | 🏴 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴 |
LB Neil Pointon | 🏴 |
M Paul Power | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Sheedy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Trevor Steven | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴 |
CF Paul Wilkinson | 🏴 |
Howard Kendall | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Paul Power | 🏴 | (M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1984-85
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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