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Game #3932

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 4 November 1986

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Won

3rd Round

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Derby County

Villa Park

Attendance: 19,477

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-1

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Derby County

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🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 4 November 1986

⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 1-1, (Derby County), Geraint Williams
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Derby County
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 2-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by David Norton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Derby County

🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt

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 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 4 November 1986
  • A dominant performance from Paul Birch, topped off with an 11' volley to put Villa ahead, sees Billy McNeill's side progress to the League Cup fourth round at the expense of second tier Derby.

  • Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa win for the 🟩 sixth time in nine games under his leadership as newly promoted second tier side Derby are beaten in the League Cup at Villa Park.

  • Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 sets up Garry Thompson’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 goal ⚽ to contribute his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 39th appearance in a Villa shirt (38 Starts) following his promotion from the Youth Team.

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, 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

Derby County

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1974-75

FIXTURE HISTORY
Derby County
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Previous 5 vs. Derby: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Tuesday, 4 November 1986

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🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1982–1988
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 10 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 3 🟥 1 | 2.10

Villa Career Form:

Champions

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1982–1988

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Allan Evans
🟨 Steve Hunt

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

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Paul Birch replaces Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.85 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.27 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.06 |

Referee

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

MANAGER

Arthur Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ex)

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Derby County

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mike Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gary Micklewhite | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geraint Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Davison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Gee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M David Penney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, 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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
"We won the the ie because we scored two great goals. That's how Cup-ties are clinched and we certainly showed a lot of appetite.” “But I thought we also showed anxiety in the first-half even after we had scored the first goal." Billy McNeill.
Quotes

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, 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*
Wednesday, 5 November 1986.
Reports

🟩 4 Nov 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park

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