Game #3936
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 18 November 1986


Lost
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
League Cup
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 13,402
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
Southampton
2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 18 November 1986
🆘 | 16’ Goal Disallowed, Garry Thompson’ goal ruled out despite ball being a foot over the line
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Jimmy Case scores immediately from the restart
🟨 | 20’ Mark Dennis booked for horrific tackle on Gary Williams
🆘 | 38’ Mark Dennis two footed lunge on Simon Stainrod escapes booking
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
🆘 | Mark Dennis heads Steve Hunt shot off line with ‘keeper beaten
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Tony Daley Sub on, Mark Walters
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-2, Allan Evans (pen) after Paul Kerr is fouled
🆘 | 72' Goal Disallowed, Paul Kerr equaliser ruled out incorrectly for pushing
🆘 | Mark Dennis lunge on Tony Daley requires six stitches, escapes booking
🟥 | 74' Mark Dennis is finally sent off after a scuffle with Martin Keown
🟥 | 74' Martin Keown also sent off, first offence
🟥 | 76' Gary Williams sent off for an elbow on Steve Baker, first offence
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 | Allan Evans booked for kicking the ball at referee David Axcell
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
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 18 November 1986
Billy McNeill's 🏴 Villa lose to Southampton in the fourth round of the League Cup.
But it occurs following one of the worst refereeing performances of all time as the highly suspect David Axcell allows Mark Dennis to commit horrific fouls throughout the game without punishment before Villa have two players sent off for lesser offences and two legitimate goals chalked off.
On his 🕒 15th appearance, centre back Martin Keown 🏴 is 🟥 sent off for the first time in his Villa career.
Right Back Gary Williams 🏴 is 🟥 sent off for the second time in 🕒 5 appearances having not been sent off in his first 🕒 273 games in a Villa shirt.
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

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
Southampton


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Tuesday, 18 November 1986
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🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴 | Southend, 1983-1990 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 14 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.79
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴 | Southend, 1983-1990 🆘
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟥 Martin Keown
🟥 Gary Williams
🟨 Steve Hunt, Foul
🟨 Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 Allan Evans
CARDS

🟥 🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Kevin Poole (first start since September) and Martin Keown replace Nigel Spink and Paul Birch.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.49 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.31 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 19.10 |
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987

Aston Villa
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 🟥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🟥 |
M David Norton | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |

Southampton
GK Peter Shilton | 🏴 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🤡 |
M Graham Baker | 🏴 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M George Lawrence | 🏴 |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴 |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 57' |
🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 65' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made

🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴 |
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
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Paul Kerr | 🏴 | | 32 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell


MATCH QUOTES
🟥 18 Nov 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell


MATCH REPORTS
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