Game #3955
Aston Villa
6-9-16, 27 PTS
Saturday, 7 March 1987
21st (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M David Norton | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | for M David Norton | 🏴 | 63' |
Unused Substitutes
None
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Garry Thompson, Tackle (5)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.81 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.61 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 19.40 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Lost
1-2
🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'
Scorer(s) | Tony Daley | 44' |
Assist(s) | Warren Aspinall | 44' |
Match Timeline
🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Tony Cunningham
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-2, (Newcastle United), Peter Beardsley
🔁 | 63' Sub off, David Norton, Sub on, Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, Tackle
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 7 March 1987
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Ireland | 🏴 | 1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Officials
Referee: John Ireland | 🏴 | 1987
Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 113 | 🟩 W44 (39% ) | 🟨 D21 | 🇺(58% ) | 🟥 L48 (42% ) | ⚽ 198 | 🥅 182 | GD 16
Match Stats
Not recorded
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 33 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 12 🟥 13 | 1.09
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Division One
Newcastle United
6-7-16, 25 PTS
St James' Park
Attendance: 21,224
GK Martin Thomas | 🏴 |
LB Kenny Wharton | 🏴 |
CB Peter Jackson | 🏴 |
CB John Anderson | 🇮🇪 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴 |
M Albert Craig | 🏴 |
M Paul Stephenson | 🏴 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
CF Tony Cunningham | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Allon | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Willie McFaul | 🇬🇧 |
Substitutes
🔁 | CF Joe Allon | 🏴 | (F Darren Jackson | 🏴 |)
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: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Starting XI
Match Media
On This Day
Villa contrive to lose to bottom side Newcastle as David Norton errs in the offside trap to gift the hosts the lead before a Tony Daley spectacular levels the score. Peter Beardsley scores a second half goal to leave Villa winless in ten, 21st and two points off safety with eleven games left to play.
Villa lose for the first time in four matches under Billy McNeill but now have just twelve wins in their last fifty eight League games having lost twenty eight.
Tony Daley makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (65 Appearances) to make it W14 D21 L30, 7 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.
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