Game #3958
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 March 1987
Won
19th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 18,689
Coventry City
Villa Park
Villa secure a first win in thirteen first division games as Coventry - yet to beat Villa in a League game in 50 years of trying - are defeated at Villa Park to send Villa to nineteenth in the table, their highest position since December, in the relegation play off place and five points from safety.
Aston Villa
1-0
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 61' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 March 1987
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
🔁 | 58' Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Garry Thompson
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Rugby tackle
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill's Villa win for the first time in fifteen games. As a result, Villa now have thirteen wins in their last sixty one League games losing twenty nine. Villa however remain bottom of the table, five points off safety and five points off the relegation play off place with eight games left to play.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Coventry City
Previous 5 vs. Coventry: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 28 March 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 13 🟥 14 | 1.11
Career Form:
Bottom 8
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Keith Burge
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Coventry City
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.52 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.35 |
Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 20.69 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
George Curtis (ex) | 🏴 |
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 Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |
M David Phillips | 🏴 |
W David Bennett | 🏴 |
CF Keith Houchen | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 58' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Tony Dobson | 🏴 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |)
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 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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 30 March 1987.
Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Trinity Mirror. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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