Game #3946
Aston Villa
6-6-12, 24 PTS
Saturday, 3 January 1987
Drew
21st (-1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
Division One
Nottingham Forest
11-6-7, 39 PTS
Villa Park
Attendance: 19,159
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-0
Nottingham Forest
Assist(s) | None
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 January 1987
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Neale Cooper
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
🔁 | 72' Sub off, Neale Cooper, Sub on, David Norton
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
🟨 | Booking, Allan Evans, Wild tackle
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
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 January 1987
Billy McNeill's 🏴 Villa keep a clean sheet and secure a goal-less draw with high-flying Forest but now have just 🟩 twelve wins in their last fifty one League games 🟥 losing twenty four.
Neale Cooper 🏴 finally makes his debut five months after signing and helps Villa record a goalless draw with fourth placed Forest but Villa go second from bottom on goal difference.
Centre back Neale Cooper 🏴 23 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his move from Aberdeen 🏴 in July 1986 for a fee of £350,000 to become the 639th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | #639 | £350,000 signing from Aberdeen
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
Nottingham Forest
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 3 January 1987
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🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴 | Kendal, 1986–1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 24 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 8 🟥 8 | 1.33
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴 | Kendal, 1986–1991
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Allan Evans, Wild tackle
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Gary Williams, Martin Keown, Mark Walters and Neale Cooper (debut) replace Andy Gray, David Norton, Paul Birch and Paul Elliott.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.16 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 30.44 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 19.22 |
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Brian Clough | 🏴 |
Nottingham Forest
GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴 |
RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Mills | 🏴 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴 |
CF Phil Starbuck | 🏴 |
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Norton | 🏴 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | 72' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |
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
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M David Norton | 🏴 | | 52 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/12
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 5 January 1987.
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park