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Game #3943

Aston Villa

Friday, 26 December 1986

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Won

17th (+3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Charlton Athletic

Villa Park

Attendance: 16,692

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-0

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Charlton Athletic

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🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Friday, 26 December 1986

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Charlton Athletic
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, David Norton, Sub on, Paul Birch
⚽ | 82’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Charlton Athletic

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 26 December 1986

Billy McNeill's Villa win for the first time in nine games and now have twelve wins in their last forty eight League games losing twenty two.

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Charlton Athletic

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1946-47

Aston Villa

Charlton Athletic

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Charlton Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Friday, 26 December 1986

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🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
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

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.48

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up as five defenders, one winger and four forwards take to the field once again.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.41 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.09 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.20 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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

Lennie Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Charlton Athletic

GK Bob Bolder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Mark Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Shirtliff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Humphrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Shipley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mark Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | for M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 64' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M George Shipley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF John Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
154
153*
0
0
57
42
55
215
43
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“There's an infectious quality about him [Paul Birch] that rubs off on other players." "However hard you try to under play the situation the players knew the importance of getting that result. "Had we not won it would have left us in all sorts of turmoil." Billy McNeill.
Quotes

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Saturday, 27 December 1986.

Reports

🟩 26 December 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

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