Game #3952
Saturday, 21 February 1987
Attendance: 32,093
Drew
Division One
21st (-)
Liverpool
🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Villa Park
Villa concede after 40 seconds but fight back to lead at half time before a slick Liverpool hit a second half equaliser. Villa, stopping a run of four defeats remain 21st but close the gap to safety to three points.
Aston Villa
2-2
Liverpool
Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 43' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
🟢 | 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 HISTORY
Liverpool
Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
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 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 January 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
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
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Kenny Dalglish | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/12
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
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Frank [Upton] is well-known and respected throughout the region and bas all the necessary experience to do such a job [Chief Scout].
"A good chief scout Is the lifeblood of any club and I am sure Frank will continue where Don [Dorman] left off."
Billy McNeill
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 23 February 1987.
