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Game #3946

Aston Villa

6-6-12, 24 PTS

Saturday, 3 January 1987

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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

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Nottingham Forest

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

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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

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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

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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

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY
Nottingham Forest
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Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥

League 🕒 90 | 🟩 43 | 🟨 19 | 🟥 28 | ⚽ 163 | 🥅 130 |
FA Cup 🕒 9 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 4 | ⚽ 16 | 🥅 12 |
League Cup 🕒 2 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 1 | ⚽ 3 | 🥅 4 |
Home 🕒 48 | 🟩 31 | 🟨 8 | 🟥 9 | ⚽ 106 | 🥅 48 |

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

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH
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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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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
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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: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 24 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 8 🟥 8 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1986–1991

REFEREE PROFILE

Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1986–1991
🕒 2 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 2 | 🟩 0% | 🟨 50% | 🟥 50% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 3 | 🟥 0 | 1.50 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Allan Evans, Wild tackle

CARDS
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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

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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 |

Referee

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

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Substitutes

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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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

Squad Bios

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“Villa have far too many good players to be at the bottom of the League." Neale Cooper.
Quotes

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 5 January 1987.
Reports

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park

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