Game #3958
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 March 1987
Aston Villa
1-0
Coventry City
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,689
Won
19th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 61' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
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 DETAILS
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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
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
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
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
George Curtis (ex) | 🏴 |
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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
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🔁 | CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 58' |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Tony Dobson | 🏴 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
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Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_0d4f436b164742139f2bfd5d7f1829f0~mv2.gif)
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*
Monday, 30 March 1987.
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