Game #3957
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 25 March 1987
Drew
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Attendance: 12,575
Watford
Villa Park
Villa score late to claim a late draw with top half Watford but remain 21st in the table and are now winless in twelve and five points off safety.
Aston Villa
1-1
Watford
Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 81' |
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 HISTORY
Watford
Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥
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: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴 | Stockport, 1986–1995
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
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
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
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
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“This situation will prevail right until the end of the season.
"We must continue In the belief that we can stay up, and to do that we have to start taking three points.
"Every game is a crunch for us now.
“We have to approach every one with the same commitment we showed against Watford."
Billy McNeill.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 26 March 1987.
