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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

Villa

None

Watford

🟨

Alan Flood

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

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PROGRAMME

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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.