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Game #3945

Aston Villa

6-5-12, 23 PTS

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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
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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.

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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

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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: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

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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)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
156
🟩
57
🟨
2
155*
🟨
42
🟥
0
0
🟥
57
0
🥅
43
222
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
115
🟩
36
🟨
10
110
🟨
34
🟥
1
1
🟥
45
7
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
54
🟩
14
🟨
11
53
🟨
16
🟥
0
5
🟥
24
1
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
410
🟩
166
🟨
46
407
🟨
108
🟥
4
59
🟥
136
12
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
51
🟩
17
🟨
0
50
🟨
16
🟥
0
2
🟥
18
5
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
55
🟩
14
🟨
0
44*
🟨
16
🟥
0
6
🟥
25*
5
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
66
🟩
18
🟨
6
62
🟨
20
🟥
0
25
🟥
28
8
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
197
🟩
77
🟨
14
195
🟨
59
🟥
0
78
🟥
61
28
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
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Player Profile
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
114
🟩
40
🟨
3
106
🟨
29
🟥
0
13
🟥
45
12
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
47
🟩
15
🟨
7
43
🟨
13
🟥
0
3
🟥
19
5
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
26
🟩
8
🟨
2
26
🟨
6
🟥
0
7
🟥
12
4
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
21
🟩
6
🟨
1
1
🟨
5
🟥
1
0
🟥
10
1
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Everton

13-5-5, 44 PTS

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

🔁 | M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨

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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