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Game #3926

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 8 October 1986

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Reading

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,484

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-1

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Reading

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🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 8 October 1986

⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hodge
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 2-0, Andy Gray, Assist by Tony Dorigo
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 2-1, (Reading), Trevor Senior
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Reading
⚽ | 55’ Goal, 3-1, Andy Gray
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Paul Kerr
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 4-1, Mark Walters
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Reading

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 8 October 1986

Billy McNeill's Villa make it three games unbeaten and two wins as they see off Second Division Reading at Villa Park in the League Cup second leg.

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Reading

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Reading

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Reading

Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Wednesday, 8 October 1986

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🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 4 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 1 January 1986, Villa 0-1 Manchester City, Villa Park.
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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None

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Andy Gray and Mark Walters make their first starts of the season in place of Simon Stainrod and Martin Keown.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.59 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 30.88 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.78 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ian Branfoot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Reading

GK Gary Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Colin Bailie | 🇬🇧 |
D Martin Hicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Beavon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Paul Canoville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Senior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Kevin Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 79' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Michael Gilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Gary Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
139
138*
0
0
52
37
50
192
39
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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Not recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I was probably more nervous about this one than any of the other games we have. "We could have scored about half a dozen classic goals. "I think the crowd saw an appetite from the team and that was what they wanted. “They also saw some great football. It doesn't win us the Littlewoods Cup but it certainly put a smile on our faces.“ Billy McNeill. "We've only just begun to get things right. "It would be very premature for anyone to say that our dark days are over. "It's taken a lot of hard work to get where we are now, and there is still a lot to do. "We are still third from bottom of the First Division. and to sort that out has got to be our top priority." Andy Gray.
Quotes

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 9 October 1986.

Reports

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

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