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Game #3957

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 25 March 1987

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Drew

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Division One

Watford

Villa Park

Attendance: 12,575

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

Aston Villa

1-1

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Watford

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Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 81' |

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 25 March 1987

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Watford), Mark Falco
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Watford
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley
⚽ | 81’ Goal, 1-1, Steve Hunt, Assist by Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Watford

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

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 25 March 1987

  • Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa stop a run of two successive defeats as they score late to claim a late 🟨 draw with Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Watford but remain 21st in the table and are now winless in twelve and five points off safety.

  • Villa now have just 🟩 twelve wins in their last sixty League games 🟥 losing twenty nine.

  • Winger Mark Walters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 175th start in a Villa shirt (192 Appearances).

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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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

Watford

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Watford

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Previous 5 vs. Watford: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

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

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Wednesday, 25 March 1987

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🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1986–1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 35 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 13 🟥 14 | 1.06

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1986–1995
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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CARDS

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🟨

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gary Williams, Andy Gray and Neale Cooper replace Warren Aspinall, Phil Robinson and Allan Evans.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.51 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.34 |

Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.68 |

Referee

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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 Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Watford

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Nigel Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McClelland | 🇬🇧 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, 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

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

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

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

“This situation will prevail right until the end of the season. "We must continue In the belief that we can stay up, and to do that we have to start taking three points. "Every game is a crunch for us now. “We have to approach every one with the same commitment we showed against Watford." Billy McNeill.
Quotes

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Thursday, 26 March 1987.

Reports

🟨 25 Mar 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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