Game #3925
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 October 1986
Won
20th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,563
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
Coventry City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Hodge | 54' |
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 4 October 1986
🕒 | HT Coventry City 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by Steve Hodge
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Coventry City 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Tony Dorigo, Trip
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 4 October 1986
Billy McNeill's Villa win in only their second game under his leadership and as a result have won eight of their last thirty six league games losing eighteen.
Garry Thompson hit the disputed winner against his old club as Villa come away from Highfield Road with their second win of the season to climb to 20th in the table two places off the bottom.
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
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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: ❌
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 4 October 1986
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🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 27 August 1984, Villa 3-1 Stoke, Victoria Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up for the second successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.10 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.19 |
Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 20.21 |
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Norton | 🏴 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
George Curtis (ex) | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Phillips | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W David Bennett | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 60' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Phillips | 🏴 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |)
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | | 188 | 2 | 76 | 27 | 74 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
|---|---|
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.
MATCH REPORTS
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