Game #3960
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 April 1987


Drew
21st (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
Division One
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Attendance: 11,933
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
Leicester City
1-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Warren Aspinall | 62' |
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 April 1987
💥 | 14' Neale Cooper leaves the field on a stretcher
💥 | 23' Neale Cooper returns to the field of play
🔁 | 33' Sub off, Neale Cooper, Sub on, Tony Daley
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 0-1, (Leicester City), Steve Moran
🕒 | HT Leicester City 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 1-1, Mark Walters, Assist by Warren Aspinall
🕒 | FT Leicester City 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Tony Daley, Tussling
🟨 | Booking, Tony Dorigo, Dissent
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
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 April 1987
Billy McNeill's 🏴 Villa make it three games unbeaten as they draw with fourth from bottom Leicester City.
As a result, Villa now have thirteen wins in their last sixty three League games losing twenty nine.
Villa remain 21st in the table, seven points off safety and five points off the relegation play off place with six games left to play.
Winger Mark Walters 🏴 ⚽ scores to contribute his 75th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 195th appearance in a Villa shirt (178 Starts) and make it 🟩 W72 🟨 D46 🟥 L77, ⚽ 41 Goals & 🔥 34 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴 makes his 🕒 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (116 Starts).
Centre forward Andy Gray 🏴 makes his 🕒 200th start in a Villa shirt.
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

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
Leicester City


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 11 April 1987
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🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Martin | 🏴 | Alton, 1978–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 38 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 15 🟥 14 | 1.11
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Martin | 🏴 | Alton, 1978–1993
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 August 1986, Villa 2-3 Wimbledon, Plough Lane.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Andy Gray, Dissent
🟨 Tony Daley, Tussling
🟨 Tony Dorigo, Dissent
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Warren Aspinall replaces Garry Thompson.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.77 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.38 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 19.59 |
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
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 | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |

Leicester City
GK Ian Andrews | 🏴 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Simon Morgan | 🏴 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Paul Ramsey | 🇬🇧 | 🟨 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴 |
M Paul Reid | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴 |
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 🟨 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | 33' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Paul Reid | 🏴 | (M Kevin Jobling | 🏴 |)

🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
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
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | | 67 | 17* | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23* | 30* | - | - | 1* | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
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
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME


🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH QUOTES
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street


MATCH REPORTS
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Monday, 13 April 1987.
🟨 11 Apr 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street

