Game #3949
Saturday, 24 January 1987
Attendance: 19,121
Lost
Division One
21st (-)
Tottenham Hotspur
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
White Hart Lane
The hated and hateful Steve Hodge scores a brace against Villa just weeks after leaving in one of the most acrimonious departures imaginable as Villa remain 21st.
Tottenham Hotspur
3-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Hodge
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 51’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Hodge
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 0-3, (Tottenham Hotspur), Nico Claesen
🔁 | 80' Sub off, Neale Cooper, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the ninth time in fifteen matches in all competitions, winning once, as the hated Steve Hodge - a deeply unpopular player even in a Villa shirt - gleefully sent Villa to defeat. As a result Villa now have just twelve wins in their last fifty two League games losing twenty five.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84
FIXTURE HISTORY
Tottenham Hotspur
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 24 January 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Roger Wiseman | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1986–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Roger Wiseman | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1986–1994
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Incidents: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Andy Gray replaces Simon Stainrod.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.96 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.17 |
Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 20.52 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
David Pleat | 🏴 |
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 Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Tottenham Hotspur
GK Ray Clemence | 🏴 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴 |
CB Richard Gough | 🏴 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Chris Waddle | 🏴 |
M Nico Claesen | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴 | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | 80' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Nico Claesen | 🇧🇪 | (M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |)
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
"It's a difficult time but we mustn't lose our heads. One win and the much needed confidence will come flooding in."
Billy McNeill.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 26 January 1987.