Game #3952
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 February 1987
Aston Villa
2-2
Liverpool
Division One
Liverpool
Villa Park
Attendance: 32,093
Drew
21st (-)
🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 43' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 February 1987
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Johnston, 40 seconds
🔁 | 20’ Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Mark Lawrenson
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 2-1, Paul Elliott, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 2-2, (Liverpool), Paul Walsh
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool
🟨 | Booking, Neale Cooper, Tackle
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Tackle
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill's Villa stop a run of four consecutive defeats as they secure a creditable draw with Championship chasing, and second placed, Liverpool. Villa however now had just twelve wins in their last fifty five League games losing twenty seven. As a result Villa fell to 22nd and bottom of the table, four points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with fourteen games left to play. Meanwhile, Warren Aspinall made his Villa debut aged 19 after moving from Everton earlier this month for a fee of £350,000.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Liverpool
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1985-86
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 21 February 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 2-2 |
Last 5 Games | LLLLD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 30 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 10 🟥 12 | 1.13
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 January 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Neale Copper and Warren Aspinall (debut) replace Allan Evans and Tony Daley.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.29 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.57 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 19.45 |
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |
Liverpool
GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴 |
M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Paul Walsh | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Steve McMahon (ex) | 🏴 |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jan Mølby | 🇳🇴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 20' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | (CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
🟢 M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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