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Game #3955

Aston Villa

6-9-16, 27 PTS

Saturday, 7 March 1987

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Lost

21st (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Newcastle United

6-7-16, 25 PTS

St James' Park

Attendance: 21,224

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

Newcastle United

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Warren Aspinall | 44' |

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 7 March 1987

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Newcastle United), Tony Cunningham
⚽ | 44’ Goal, 1-1, Tony Daley, Assist by Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 59’ Goal, 1-2, (Newcastle United), Peter Beardsley
🔁 | 63' Sub off, David Norton, Sub on, Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson, 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

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 7 March 1987

  • Villa contrive to lose to bottom side Newcastle as David Norton errs in the offside trap to gift the hosts the lead before a Tony Daley spectacular levels the score. Peter Beardsley scores a second half goal to leave Villa winless in ten, 21st and two points off safety with eleven games left to play.

  • Villa lose for the first time in four matches under Billy McNeill but now have just twelve wins in their last fifty eight League games having lost twenty eight. 

  • Tony Daley makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (65 Appearances) to make it W14 D21 L30, 7 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

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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

Newcastle United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1954-55

FIXTURE HISTORY

Newcastle United

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Previous 5 vs. Newcastle: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 7 March 1987

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🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Ireland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1986–1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 33 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 12 🟥 13 | 1.09

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Ireland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1986–1988
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Garry Thompson, 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

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 23.81 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.61 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.40 |

Referee

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

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

MANAGER

Willie McFaul | 🇬🇧 |

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Newcastle United

GK Martin Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Kenny Wharton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Anderson | 🇮🇪 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
CF Tony Cunningham | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Allon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CF Joe Allon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Darren Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

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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

🟥 7 Mar 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James'

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

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

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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

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. With thanks to Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved. Source: British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 9 March 1987.

Reports

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