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Game #3960

Aston Villa

7-12-17, 33 PTS

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Saturday, 11 April 1987

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

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

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987
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Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

🟨 Andy Gray, Dissent (18)
🟨 Tony Daley, Tussling (1)
🟨 Tony Dorigo, Dissent (12)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Warren Aspinall replaces Garry Thompson.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.77 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.38 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.59 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Drew

1-1

🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 62' |

Assist(s) | Warren Aspinall | 62' |

Match Timeline

💥 | 14' Neale Cooper leaves the field on a stretcher
💥 | 23' Neale Cooper returns to the field of play
🔁 | 33' Sub off, Neale Cooper, Sub on, Tony Daley
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Steve Moran
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Warren Aspinall
🕒 | FT Leicester City 1-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Tony Daley, Tussling
🟨 | Booking, Tony Dorigo, Dissent

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 11 April 1987

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1982–1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Officials

Referee: John Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Alton, 1982–1992

Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 69 | 🟩 W24 (35% ) | 🟨 D14 | 🇺(55% ) | 🟥 L31 (45% ) | ⚽ 121 | 🥅 136 | GD -15

Match Stats

Not recorded

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 38 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 15 🟥 14 | 1.11

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

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Division One

Leicester City

10-7-19, 37 PTS

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Filbert Street

Attendance: 11,933

GK Ian Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Simon Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Paul Ramsey | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Kevin Jobling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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On This Day
  • Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa make it three games unbeaten as they draw with fourth from bottom Leicester City. 

  • As a result, Villa now have thirteen wins in their last sixty three League games losing twenty nine. 

  • Villa remain 21st in the table, seven points off safety and five points off the relegation play off place with six games left to play.

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores to contribute his 75th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 195th appearance in a Villa shirt (178 Starts) and make it 🟩 W72 🟨 D46 🟥 L77, ⚽ 41 Goals & 🔥 34 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

  • Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (116 Starts).

  • Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 makes his 🕒 200th start in a Villa shirt.

Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

171

170*

🔥

0

0

🟩

58

🟨

50

🟥

63

47

🥅

243

LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

129

124

🔥

1

7

🟩

37

🟨

41

🟥

51

CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

13

13

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

8

🟥

4

CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

64

63

🔥

7

1

🟩

15

🟨

22

🟥

27

CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

36

35

🔥

0

1

🟩

7

🟨

13

🟥

16

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

297

292

🔥

2

13

🟩

113

🟨

77

🟥

107

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

125

116

🔥

14

13

🟩

41

🟨

34

🟥

50

M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

6

6

🔥

0

2

🟩

0

🟨

4

🟥

2

W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

62

58

🔥

6

5

🟩

16

🟨

21

🟥

25

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

195

178

🔥

41

34

🟩

72

🟨

46

🟥

77

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

204

200

🔥

78

29

🟩

78

🟨

63

🟥

63

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

67

🔁

17*

🔥

7

5

Sub 1

🟩

14

🟨

23*

🟥

30*

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
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