Game #3963
Aston Villa
Saturday, 25 April 1987
Won
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
Division One
Attendance: 13,584
West Ham United
Villa Park
Aston Villa
4-0
West Ham United
Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 15' | 56' | 58' |
MATCH SUMMARY
With Villa, now on a reported £8,000 per player bonus to avoid relegation, and with a single win in seventeen first division matches secure their biggest win of the season over 14th placed West Ham as the much derided Warren Aspinall scores his first goals for the club. Despite the win, Villa remain 21st in the table, but with a reduced gap to safety of 6 points with three to play.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 April 1987
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hunt, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 2-0, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 3-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 4-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 West Ham United
🔁 | Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Mark Walters
🟨 | Booking, Simon Stainrod, Trip
ON THIS DAY
Billy McNeill's Villa record their best win of the season at home to mid-table West Ham and now have fourteen wins in their last sixty six League games losing thirty one. Villa however remain second from bottom of the table, ahead of Manchester City, but have now closed the gap to six points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with three games left to play and nine points still available.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
West Ham United
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 25 April 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴 | Wrexham, 1985-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 41 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 15 🟥 16 | 1.10
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴 | Wrexham, 1985-1996
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 29 March 1986, Villa 2-2 Manchester City, Maine Road.
Cards: 🟨
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨
West Ham United
None
TEAM NEWS
Kevin Poole and Simon Stainrod replace Nigel Spink and Neale Cooper.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.49 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.42 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 19.53 |
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
John Lyall | 🏴 |
West Ham United
GK Tom McAlister | 🏴 |
LB Thomas McQueen | 🏴 |
CB Tony Gale | 🏴 |
CB Gary Strodder | 🏴 |
M Mark Ward | 🏴 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Alan Devonshire | 🏴 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
CF Frank McAvennie | 🏴 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Billy Bonds | 🏴 | (M Alan Dickens | 🏴 |)
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was a great relief to put the result together on Saturday but I must be honest and say that it has come two weeks too late.
“If it had been the Manchester City or Watford game perhaps things would have been different.
“I think it will prove too little too late.
“We will give everything we have over these last three games.
“It’s a tough task but we will be in there battling.
"We were all relieved about Saturday.
“We didn't want to be jeered off the pitch and it would have been on the cards with anything less than that sort of victory.”
Steve Hunt.
*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 27 April 1987.
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