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Game #3949

Aston Villa

6-6-13, 24 PTS

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Saturday, 24 January 1987

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |

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

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 80' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Andy Gray, Dissent (17)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

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 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Lost

0-3

🟥 24 Jan 1987, Villa 0-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 24 January 1987

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Roger Wiseman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1987–1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Officials

Referee: Roger Wiseman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1987–1992

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 102 | 🟩 34 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 49 | ⚽ 153 | 🥅 187 |
League 🕒 90 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 18 | 🟥 41 | ⚽ 143 | 🥅 167 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 3 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 6 | ⚽ 7 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 6 |
Other 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 48 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 11 | 🟥 20 | ⚽ 72 | 🥅 77 |
Away 🕒 52 | 🟩 17 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 79 | 🥅 106 |
Neutral 🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🥅 4 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 27 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 9 🟥 10 | 1.22

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

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Division One

Tottenham Hotspur

12-5-8, 41 PTS

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White Hart Lane

Attendance: 19,121

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

David Pleat | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Nico Claesen | 🇧🇪 | (M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for the ninth time in fifteen matches in all competitions, 🟩 winning once

  • As a result Villa now have just 🟩 twelve wins in their last fifty two League games 🟥losing twenty five.

  • 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.

  • Centre back Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.

  • Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th appearance in a Villa shirt.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

160

159*

🔥

0

0

🟩

57

🟨

44

🟥

59

44

🥅

229

LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

119

114

🔥

1

7

🟩

36

🟨

36

🟥

47

CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

4

4

🔥

1

0

🟩

0

🟨

2

🟥

2

CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

25

24

🔥

0

1

🟩

6

🟨

7

🟥

12

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

414

411

🔥

59

13

🟩

166

🟨

110

🟥

138

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

287

282

🔥

2

12

🟩

112

🟨

71

🟥

104

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

117

108

🔥

13

12

🟩

40

🟨

30

🟥

47

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

187

170

🔥

40

34

🟩

71

🟨

42

🟥

74

W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

47

🔥

5

5

🟩

15

🟨

15

🟥

21

CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

30

30

🔥

7

4

🟩

8

🟨

8

🟥

14

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

200

196

🔥

78

28

🟩

77

🟨

60

🟥

63

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

59

🔁

13*

🔥

6

5

Sub 1

🟩

14

🟨

18

🟥

27*

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

"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.

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