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Game #3943

Aston Villa

6-5-10, 25 PTS

Friday, 26 December 1986

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Won

17th (+3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division One

Charlton Athletic

5-5-11, 20 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 16,692

🟩 26 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-0

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Charlton Athletic

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🟩 26 Dec 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

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

🟩 26 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Friday, 26 December 1986

  • Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa leave it late to 🟩 win for the first time in nine as a Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 cameo secures the points to help Villa climb back to seventeenth as they beat second from bottom Charlton but remain just two points off the relegation places.

  • Villa now have 🟩 twelve wins in their last forty eight League games 🟥 losing twenty two.

  • Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores one and 🔥 creates one to make it 25 Goal Involvements in 112 appearances in a Villa shirt (104 Starts).

  • Defender David Norton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (49 Starts) following his promotion from the Youth Team.

🟩 26 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park

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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

Charlton Athletic

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Charlton Athletic

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Previous 5 vs. Charlton: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

🟩 26 Dec 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 Dec 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
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.48

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟩 26 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Unknown
Cards: 🟨

REFEREE PROFILE

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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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

🟩 26 Dec 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

🟩 26 Dec 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 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 26 Dec 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

Squad Bios

🟩 26 Dec 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 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park

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

🟩 26 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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