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Game #3936

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 18 November 1986

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

Southampton

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Southampton

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Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

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

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

FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 14 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 4 🟥 3 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1983-1990 🆘

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1983-1990
🕒 3 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 3 | 🆘 : 1
🕒 3 | 🟩 0% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 100% | 🆘 : 33%
Cards 🟨 5 | 🟥 2 | 2.33 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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

CARDS

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🟥 🟨

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

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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 |

Referee

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

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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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) | 🇬🇧 |

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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 | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 57' |
🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

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

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Wednesday, 19 November 1986.

Reports

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

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