Game #3958
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 March 1987
Won
19th (+2)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division One
Coventry City
Villa Park
Attendance: 18,689
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0
Coventry City
Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 61' |
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 March 1987
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Coventry City
🔁 | 58' Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Garry Thompson
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 1-0, Paul Birch, Assist by Andy Gray
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Rugby 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
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 28 March 1987
Villa secure a first win in thirteen first division games as Coventry - yet to beat Villa in a League game in 50 years of trying - are defeated at Villa Park to send Villa to nineteenth in the table, their highest position since December, in the relegation play off place and five points from safety.
Billy McNeill's Villa win for the first time in fifteen games. As a result, Villa now have thirteen wins in their last sixty one League games losing twenty nine.
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
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
Coventry City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 28 March 1987
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🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1987–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 36 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 13 🟥 14 | 1.11
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴 | Tonypandy, 1987–1999
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS
🟨 Gary Williams, Rugby tackle
CARDS
🟨 Tony Dobson
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Billy McNeill names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.52 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.35 |
Youngest Player |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 20.69 |
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
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 Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
George Curtis (ex) | 🏴 |
Coventry City
GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴 |
M David Phillips | 🏴 |
W David Bennett | 🏴 |
CF Keith Houchen | 🏴 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴 |
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | 58' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Tony Dobson | 🏴 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴 |)
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, 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
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | | 37 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
|---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
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
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park
MATCH REPORTS
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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 30 March 1987.
🟩 28 Mar 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park