Game #3945
Aston Villa
Thursday, 1 January 1987
Lost
20th (-2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 40,203
Everton
Goodison Park
Everton
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
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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MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 1 January 1987
🕒 | 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
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Everton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1984-85
FIXTURE HISTORY
Everton
Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Thursday, 1 January 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 23 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 8 | 1.35
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴 | Darlington, 1986-1996
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
Robbie Hart
CARDS
Villa
None
Everton
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Allan Evans, Tony Daley and David Norton replace Martin Keown, Mark Walters and Gary Williams.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.86 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.11 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 19.22 |
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Howard Kendall | 🏴 |
Everton
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 75' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Power | 🏴 | (M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |)
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Friday, 2 January 1987.
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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