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Game #3946

Saturday, 3 January 1987

Attendance: 19,159

Drew

Division One

21st (-1)

Nottingham Forest

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Villa Park

Neale Cooper finally makes his debut five months after signing and helps Villa record a goalless draw with fourth placed Forest but Villa go second from bottom on goal difference.

Aston Villa

0-0

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Neale Cooper
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
🔁 | 72' Sub off, Neale Cooper, Sub on, David Norton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Wild tackle

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa keep a clean sheet and secure a goal-less draw with high-flying Forest but now have just twelve wins in their last fifty one League games losing twenty four. Meanwhile, Neale Cooper made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Aberdeen in July 1986 for a fee of £350,000.

Aston Villa

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

Nottingham Forest

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 3 January 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1984–1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1984–1991
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 March 1986, Villa 0-2 Everton, Goodison Park.
Cards: 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Nottingham Forest

None

Gary Aplin

TEAM NEWS

Gary Williams, Martin Keown, Mark Walters and Neale Cooper (debut) replace Andy Gray, David Norton, Paul Birch and Paul Elliott.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.16 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.44 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.22 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Nottingham Forest

GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Phil Starbuck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“Villa have far too many good players to be at the bottom of the League."

Neale Cooper.

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 5 January 1987.