Game #3952
Aston Villa
6-7-15, 25 PTS
Saturday, 21 February 1987


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

Liverpool

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 43' |
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park


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

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

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


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1985-86
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


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


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: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 30 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 10 🟥 12 | 1.13
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

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

🟨 Neale Cooper, Tackle
🟨 Gary Williams, Tackle
CARDS

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

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 |
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987

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 | 🏴 |

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 | 🏴 |
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 20' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | (CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |)

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

None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None
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
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 62 | 15* | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19* | 29 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/12
🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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


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


MATCH REPORTS
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