Game #3925
Aston Villa
Saturday, 4 October 1986
Won
20th (+2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Highfield Road
Attendance: 18,563
🟩 4 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
Coventry City
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Steve Hodge | 54' |
🟩 4 Oct 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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 4 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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 Oct 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 Oct 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
🕒 3 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 1.67
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 4 Oct 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: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 Allan Evans, Foul
🟨 Tony Dorigo, Trip
CARDS
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 4 Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 60' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Phillips | 🏴 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |)
🟩 4 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | | 188 | 2 | 76 | 27 | 74 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 4 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 4 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 4 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 4 Oct 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road
MATCH REPORTS
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