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Game #3933

Aston Villa

Saturday, 8 November 1986

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Lost

18th (-2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Division One

Manchester City

Maine Road

Attendance: 22,875

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

Manchester City

3-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Steve Hodge | 67' |

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 8 November 1986

🥅 | 26’ Goal, 0-1, (Manchester City), Paul Moulden
🕒 | HT Manchester City 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 0-2, (Manchester City), Imre Varadi
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-2, Tony Daley, Assist by Steve Hodge
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 1-3, (Manchester City), Paul Moulden
🕒 | FT Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Paul Elliott

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 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 8 November 1986

  • Another spectacular solo goal from Tony Daley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is not enough to prevent only Villa's 🟥 second defeat in eleven games under Billy McNeill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 as he returns to the bitter environment of his former club as Villa drop back to 18th in the table.

  • Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for only the second time in ten games under his leadership but are defeated by second from bottom Manchester City. 

  • As a result Villa now have 🟩 eleven wins in their last forty one league games 🟥 losing twenty.

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (161 Starts) and makes it 🟩 W69 🟨 D39 🟥 L67, ⚽ 39 Goals and 🔥 32 assists so far in his Villa career.

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Manchester City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1975-76

FIXTURE HISTORY

Manchester City

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Previous 5 vs. Manchester City: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨

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

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 8 November 1986

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🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 11 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 3 🟥 2 | 1.91

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 February 1982, Villa 1-4 Manchester United, Old Trafford.
Cards: None

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 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Walters replaces Garry Thompson.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.44 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.28 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.07 |

Referee

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Jimmy Frizzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Manchester City

GK Perry Suckling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Moulden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

SQUAD STATS

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

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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MATCH QUOTES

"Good luck to City 'We can put it behind us and know we can do a lot better." Billy McNeill.
Quotes

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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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*
Monday, 10 November 1986.

Reports

🟥 8 Nov 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road

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