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Game #3961

Aston Villa

Saturday, 18 April 1987

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Lost

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Division One

Everton

Villa Park

Attendance: 31,218

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

Aston Villa

0-1

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Everton

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Assist(s) | None

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 18 April 1987

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Burke
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Everton
🥅 | 53’ Goal, 0-1, (Everton), Kevin Sheedy
🔁 | 78' Sub off, Mark Burke, Sub on, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Everton

🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Tackle from behind

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

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 18 April 1987

  • On the 90th anniversary of the opening of Villa Park, Villa lose narrowly to Champions elect Everton to leave them 21st, seven points off safety with five to play with third from bottom Charlton up next.

  • Billy McNeill's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Villa 🟥 lose for the first time in four games but now have just 🟩 thirteen wins in their last sixty four League games losing thirty. 

  • Midfielder Mark Burke 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 18 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after being promoted from Youth Team football to become the 642nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #642 | Youth team promotion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Everton

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1984-85

FIXTURE HISTORY

Everton

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Previous 5 vs. Everton: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

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

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #46 |
League Match | #37 |
Manager Game | #39 |
Saturday, 18 April 1987

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🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 39 | 🟩 | 9 🟨 | 15 🟥 15 | 1.08

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 3
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 15 October 1986, Villa 3-1 Southampton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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None

CARDS

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None

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

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Burke makes his debut in place of Mark Walters.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.36 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.40 |

Youngest Player |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18.19 |

Referee

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, 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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Howard Kendall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Everton

GK Neville Southall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Snodin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Ratcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Sheedy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Trevor Steven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Wayne Clarke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Kevin Sheedy | 🇮🇪 | (CB Alan Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, 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

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Sunday Independent*
Sunday, 19 April 1987.

Reports

🟥 18 Apr 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park

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MATCH VIDEO

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