Game #3956
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 March 1987
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Phil Robinson | 🏴 | 🟢 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
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
Allan Evans, Simon Stainrod, Paul Birch, Mark Walters and Phil Robinson (debut) replace Neale Cooper, David Norton, Garry Thompson, Tony Daley and Gary Williams.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.52 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.65 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 19.53 |
Villa are humiliated at relegation threatened Southampton as Tony Barton 🏴 watches on from the sidelines with his new employer.
Villa remain 21st three points off safety.
Billy McNeill's 🏴 Villa lose for the second successive match as they are hammered by 16th place side Southampton.
As a result, Villa now have just 🟩 twelve wins in their last 🕒 fifty nine League games 🟥 losing twenty nine.
Villa remain bottom of the table, three points off safety and three points off the relegation play off place with ten games left to play.
Phil Robinson 🏴 20 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after being promoted through the youth ranks to become the the 641st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Left back Tony Dorigo 🏴 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Lost
0-5
🟥 21 Mar 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Phil Robinson
🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Gordon Hobson, 70 Seconds
🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Glenn Cockerill
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-3, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-4, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🕒 | HT Southampton 4-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-5, (Southampton), Danny Wallace
🕒 | FT Southampton 5-0 Aston Villa
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 21 March 1987
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Officials
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
Head to Head
Total 🕒 31 | 🟩 11 | 🟨 10 | 🟥 10 | ⚽ 43 | 🥅 38 |
League 🕒 26 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 9 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 36 | 🥅 30 |
FA Cup 🕒 4 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 6 | 🥅 6 |
League Cup 🕒 1 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🥅 2 |
Home 🕒 15 | 🟩 9 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 2 | ⚽ 28 | 🥅 10 |
Away 🕒 16 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 7 | 🟥 7 | ⚽ 15 | 🥅 28 |
Match Stats
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 M Phil Robinson | 🏴 | #641 | Youth team promotion
Final Appearances:
None
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 34 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 12 🟥 14 | 1.06
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
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Sub 1
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Sub 2
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⚽
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Division One
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 13,686
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M David Armstrong | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴 |
M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴 |
W Gordon Hobson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | (M Steve Baker | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
Cards
None
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
Matchday Squad:
Unavailable
Not Recorded
“They [the Villa fans] showed the depth of feeling there is for the club amongst the supporters.
“I wish sometimes the players would match it.
“This was a disgraceful performance.
“But they know now that relegation is staring them right in the face and unless they do something about it quickly, they will not be able to escape.”
Billy McNeill uses a worrying ‘they’.
“We were prepared to fight for our First Division lives out there.
“I have to wonder whether the same applied to Villa.
“I hope - and I really mean it - they avoid going down.
“But I have to doubt whether they can do it.”
Tony Barton, Villa’s European Cup winning boss sacked by Herbert Ellis and now assistant to former Villa Chris Nicholl at Southampton.
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