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Game #3956

Aston Villa

Saturday, 21 March 1987

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Lost

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division One

Southampton

The Dell

Attendance: 13,686

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

Southampton

5-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 21 March 1987

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Phil Robinson
🥅 | 1’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Gordon Hobson, 70 Seconds
🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Glenn Cockerill
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-3, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 0-4, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🕒 | HT Southampton 4-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 0-5, (Southampton), Danny Wallace
🕒 | FT Southampton 5-0 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 21 March 1987

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the second successive match as they are hammered by 16th place side Southampton. As a result, Villa now have just twelve wins in their last fifty nine League games losing twenty nine. Villa remain bottom of the table, three points off safety and three points off the relegation play off place with ten games left to play. Meanwhile, Phil Robinson made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from school football in June 1983.

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Phil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Southampton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76

Aston Villa

Southampton

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Southampton

Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 21 March 1987

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🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 34 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 12 🟥 14 | 1.06

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 September 1985, Villa 0-0 Everton, Villa Park 🆘
Cards: None

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

None

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Allan Evans, Simon Stainrod, Paul Birch, Mark Walters and Phil Robinson (debut) replace Neale Cooper, David Norton, Garry Thompson, Tony Daley and Gary Williams.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.52 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.65 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.53 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Chris Nicholl (ex) | 🇬🇧 |

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Southampton

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Hobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | (M Steve Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
167
166*
0
0
57
47
63
242
45
2
0

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Squad Bios

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH QUOTES

“They [the Villa fans] showed the depth of feeling there is for the club amongst the supporters. “I wish sometimes the players would match it. “This was a disgraceful performance. “But they know now that relegation is staring them right in the face and unless they do something about it quickly, they will not be able to escape.” Billy McNeill uses a worrying ‘they’. “We were prepared to fight for our First Division lives out there. “I have to wonder whether the same applied to Villa. “I hope - and I really mean it - they avoid going down. “But I have to doubt whether they can do it.” Tony Barton, Villa’s European Cup winning boss sacked by Herbert Ellis and now assistant to former Villa Chris Nicholl at Southampton.
Quotes

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 23 March 1987.

Reports

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

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