Game #3957
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 25 March 1987
Aston Villa
1-1
Watford
Division One
Watford
Villa Park
Attendance: 12,575
Drew
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 81' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 25 March 1987
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Mark Falco
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Watford
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 1-1, Steve Hunt, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Watford
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill's Villa stop a run of two successive defeats as they draw with Graham Taylor's Watford. As a result, Villa now have just twelve wins in their last sixty League games losing twenty nine. Villa remain bottom of the table, four points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with nine games left to play.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Watford
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Wednesday, 25 March 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴 | Stockport, 1986–1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 35 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 13 🟥 14 | 1.06
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴 | Stockport, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Gary Williams, Andy Gray and Neale Cooper replace Warren Aspinall, Phil Robinson and Allan Evans.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.51 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.34 |
Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 20.68 |
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Watford
GK Tony Coton | 🏴 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴 |
RB Nigel Gibbs | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
CB John McClelland | 🇬🇧 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 |
M Gary Porter | 🏴 |
W John Barnes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 66' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W John Barnes | 🏴 | (CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴 |)
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 26 March 1987.
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