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Game #3942

Aston Villa

5-5-10, 20 PTS

Saturday, 20 December 1986

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Drew

20th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Division One

Oxford United

6-7-7, 25 PTS

Manor Ground

Attendance: 8,364

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

Oxford United

2-2

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | David Norton | 7' | Andy Gray | 25' |

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 20 December 1986

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Garry Thompson, Assist by David Norton
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 1-1, (Oxford United), Gary Briggs
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | HT Oxford United 1-2 Aston Villa
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-2, (Oxford United, pen), John Aldridge
🟥 | 88' Sending off, (Oxford United) Les Phillips
🕒 | FT Oxford United 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Dissent

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 20 December 1986

  • Villa encounter yet another poor refereeing performance - this time from two officials after Keith Miller was replaced by Geoff Pearson, the latter gifting Oxford a bogus penalty to leave Villa winless in eight.  

  • Billy McNeill's Villa draw for the second successive match bur are now without a win in eight and have just eleven wins in their last forty seven League games losing twenty two.

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Oxford United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1985-86

Aston Villa

Oxford United

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Oxford United

Previous 5 vs. Oxford: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 20 December 1986

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🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988
Replaced by Geoff Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kingston
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 20 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.40

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988 🆘
Substitute Referee: Geoff Pearson
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 December 1986, FMC, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

🟥 🟨 🟨

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Williams, Paul Elliott, Martin Keown and Mark Walters replace Dean Glover, Steve Hodge, Steve Hunt and Allan Evans in a team notable for consisting of five defenders, one winger and four forwards.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.08 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.19 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Maurice Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Oxford United

GK Steve Hardwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Dave Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Brock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Leworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Les Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |)

Substitutes

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
153
152*
0
0
56
42
55
215
42
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/12

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCH QUOTES

"I put in a perfectly good tackle on [Les] Phillips and was amazed when he got up and kicked me. “I have been in enough trouble without wishing to get involved again. “Phillips was silly. He fell over for the penalty and then laughed when the ref pointed to the spot." Gary Williams. "The ref said something about counting to seven seconds waiting for me to kick the ball. I ask you, the game had only just got going and he never gave me any warning." Nigel Spink. "There were some amazing decisions from both refs. When did you last see a goalkeeper penalised for time wasting in the first 20 minutes?" Andy Gray.
Quotes

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 22 December 1986.

Reports

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

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