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Game #3948

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 21 January 1987

Lost

3rd Round Replay

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

FA Cup

Attendance: 13,473

Chelsea

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Allan Evans | 13' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa lose in extra time to a dubious penalty that was won by a blatant drive by Gordon Durie which fooled referee Joe Worrall.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 21 January 1987

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hunt, Assist by Allan Evans
🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 1-1, (Chelsea), Gordon Durie
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 100’ Goal, (Chelsea, pen), Micky Hazard
🔁 | 101' Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley
🔁 | 105' Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Andy Gray
🕒 | AET Chelsea 2-1 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa lose the FA Cup third round replay with 18th placed Chelsea and have now won just once in fourteen games, losing eight.

Aston Villa

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

Chelsea

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1970-71

FIXTURE HISTORY

Chelsea

Previous 5 vs. Chelsea: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Wednesday, 21 January 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 26 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 9 🟥 9 | 1.27

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995 🆘
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 10 January 1987, FA Cup, Villa 2-2 Chelsea, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

None

Chelsea

None

TEAM NEWS

Paul Birch replaces Tony Daley.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.66 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.48 |

Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.51 |

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

John Hollins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Chelsea

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Gordon Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 101' |
🔁 | CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 105' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Micky Hazard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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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

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 22 January 1987.

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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