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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 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-1

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🟩 8 Oct 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

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

🟩 8 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 8 October 1986

  • Villa win consecutive games as they secure a comfortable victory over second division Reading in the League Cup to make it four games unbeaten since Billy McNeill's appointment.

  • 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 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

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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

Reading

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Reading

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Previous 5 vs. Reading: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 8 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 4 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 2 🟥 0 | 2.00

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 8 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1976-1986
🕒 10 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 5 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 10 | 🟩 40% | 🟨 10% | 🟥 50% | 🆘 : 10%
Cards 🟨 2 | 🟥 0 | 0.20 |
Penalty ⚽ 1 | 🥅 1 |
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 8 Oct 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

🟩 8 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 8 Oct 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

Squad Bios

🟩 8 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 8 Oct 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 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 9 October 1986.

Reports

🟩 8 Oct 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park

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