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Game #3952

Aston Villa

6-7-15, 25 PTS

Saturday, 21 February 1987

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Drew

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Liverpool

15-7-6, 52 PTS

Villa Park

Attendance: 32,093

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

Aston Villa

2-2

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Liverpool

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🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 February 1987

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), Johnston, 40 seconds
🔁 | 20’ Sub off, Mark Walters, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-1, Own Goal, Mark Lawrenson
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 2-1, Paul Elliott, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 2-2, (Liverpool), Paul Walsh
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool

🟨 | Booking, Neale Cooper, Tackle
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Tackle

Match Statistics

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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

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 February 1987

  • Villa concede after 40 seconds but fight back to lead at half time before Liverpool hit a second half equaliser. 

  • Villa stop a run of 🟥 four defeats under 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Billy McNeill but remain 21st although they close the gap to safety to three points.

  • Villa now have just 🟩 twelve wins in their last fifty five League games losing 🟥  twenty seven.

  • Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Everton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 earlier this month for a fee of £350,000 to become the 640th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #640 | £350,000 signing from Everton

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Liverpool

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Liverpool

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Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨

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

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 21 February 1987

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🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 30 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 10 🟥 12 | 1.13

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 10
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 January 1986, Villa 0-2 Luton, Kenilworth Road.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Neale Cooper, Tackle
🟨 Gary Williams, 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

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Neale Copper and Warren Aspinall (debut) replace Allan Evans and Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.29 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.57 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.45 |

Referee

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Liverpool

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve McMahon (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jan Mølby | 🇳🇴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | (CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, 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

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/12

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, 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

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

"Frank [Upton] is well-known and respected throughout the region and bas all the necessary experience to do such a job [Chief Scout]. "A good chief scout Is the lifeblood of any club and I am sure Frank will continue where Don [Dorman] left off." Billy McNeill
Quotes

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 23 February 1987.

Reports

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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