Game #3956
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 March 1987
Lost
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Attendance: 13,686
Southampton
The Dell
Villa are humiliated at relegation threatened Southampton as a despairing Tony Barton watches on. Villa remain 21st three points off safety.
Southampton
5-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 21 March 1987
🟢 | 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
ON THIS DAY
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. Meanwhile, Phil Robinson made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from school football in June 1983.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton
Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 21 March 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 34 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 12 🟥 14 | 1.06
Career Form:
Bottom 8
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 September 1985, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park 🆘
Cards: None
Ron Groves
CARDS
Villa
None
Southampton
None
TEAM NEWS
Allan Evans, Simon Stainrod, Paul Birch, Mark Walters and Phil Robinson (debut) replace Neale Cooper, David Norton, Garry Thompson, Tony Daley and Gary Williams.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.52 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.65 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 19.53 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 |
Southampton
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 | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | (M Steve Baker | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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 Phil Robinson | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“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.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 23 March 1987.
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