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Game #3946

Aston Villa

6-6-12, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 3 January 1987

21st (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987
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Substitutes:

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

Unused Substitutes:

None

🟨 Allan Evans, Wild tackle

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

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

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

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.16 |

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

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

  • 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. 

  • 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.

  • Centre back Neale Cooper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 23 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his move from Aberdeen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in July 1986 for a fee of £350,000 to become the 639th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

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Drew

0-0

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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

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

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

Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1986–1991

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

League 🕒 90 | 🟩 43 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 163 | 🥅 130 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 48 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 106 | 🥅 48 |

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

🟢 CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | #639 | £350,000 signing from Aberdeen

Final Appearances:

None

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 24 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 8 🟥 8 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Referee:

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
157
🟩
57
🟨
2
156*
🟨
43
🟥
0
0
🟥
57
0
🥅
44
222
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
116
🟩
36
🟨
10
111
🟨
35
🟥
1
1
🟥
45
7
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
1
🟩
0
🟨
0
1
🟨
1
🟥
0
0
🟥
0
0
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
22
🟩
6
🟨
1
21
🟨
6
🟥
1
0
🟥
10
1
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
411
🟩
166
🟨
47
408
🟨
109
🟥
4
59
🟥
136
12
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
56
🟩
14
🟨
0
45*
🟨
17*
🟥
0
6
🟥
25
5
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
48
🟩
15
🟨
7
44
🟨
14
🟥
0
3
🟥
19
5
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
27
🟩
8
🟨
2
27
🟨
7
🟥
0
7
🟥
12
4
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
284
🟩
112
🟨
17
279
🟨
70
🟥
2
2
🟥
102
12
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
184
🟩
71
🟨
12
167
🟨
41
🟥
0
40
🟥
72
32
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
67
🟩
18
🟨
6
63
🟨
21
🟥
0
25
🟥
28
8
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
52
🟩
17
🟨
0
2
🟨
17
🟥
0
2
🟥
18
5
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division One

Nottingham Forest

11-6-7, 39 PTS

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Villa Park

Attendance: 19,159

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Brian Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |

None

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

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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

Neale Cooper.

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

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