Game #3956
Aston Villa
Saturday, 21 March 1987
Lost
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
Division One
Southampton
The Dell
Attendance: 13,686
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Southampton
5-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
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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
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
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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 21 March 1987
Villa are humiliated at relegation threatened Southampton as Tony Barton 🏴 watches on from the sidelines with his new employer.
Villa remain 21st three points off safety.
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.
Phil Robinson 🏴 20 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after being promoted through the youth ranks to become the the 641st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Left back Tony Dorigo 🏴 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 M Phil Robinson | 🏴 | #641 | Youth team promotion
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
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
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FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 21 March 1987
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MATCH SUMMARY
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: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 34 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 12 🟥 14 | 1.06
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
None
CARDS
None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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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 |
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MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
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) | 🇬🇧 |
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 | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | (M Steve Baker | 🏴 |)
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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
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
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 4* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 23 March 1987.
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