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Game #3959

Saturday, 4 April 1987

Attendance: 18,241

Drew

Division One

21st (-2)

Manchester City

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Villa Park

Villa are held to a goalless draw by bottom side Manchester City to fall back to 21st in the table but close the gap to safety to four points.

Aston Villa

0-0

Manchester City

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🔁 | 56' Sub off, Steve Hunt, Sub on, Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City

ON THIS DAY

Billy McNeill's Villa make it two games unbeaten as they draw with second from bottom Manchester City. As a result, Villa now have thirteen wins in their last sixty two League games losing twenty nine. Villa remain bottom of the table, six points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with seven games left to play.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Manchester City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 4 April 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 September, Villa 1-4 Norwich, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨

CARDS

Villa

None

Manchester City

🟨

Keith Hackett

TEAM NEWS

Garry Thompson replaces Simon Stainrod.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.47 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.36 |

Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.71 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Jimmy Frizzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Manchester City

GK Perry Suckling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 56' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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

*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 6 April 1987.