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Game #3963

Aston Villa

Saturday, 25 April 1987

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Won

21st (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Division One

West Ham United

Villa Park

Attendance: 13,584

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

Aston Villa

4-0

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West Ham United

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🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 25 April 1987

⚽ | 15’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hunt, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 2-0, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 West Ham United
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 3-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Paul Birch
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 4-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Paul Birch
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-0 West Ham United

🔁 | Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Mark Walters

🟨 | Booking, Simon Stainrod, Trip

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 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 25 April 1987
  • With Villa, now on a reported £8,000 per player bonus to avoid relegation, and with a 🟩 single win in seventeen first division matches secure their 🟩 biggest win of the season over 14th placed West Ham.

  • Despite the 🟩 win, Villa remain 21st in the table, but with a reduced gap to safety of 6 points with three to play.

  • Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores a brace for his ⚽ first goals in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 9th appearance.

  • Goalkeeper Kevin Poole 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 keeps his first ⛔ clean sheet in 🕒 12 games and 8th overall having kept 7 in his first 🕒 appearances.

  • Right Back Gary Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 300th appearance in a Villa shirt (295 Starts).

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, 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: 🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

West Ham United

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1979-80

FIXTURE HISTORY
West Ham United
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Previous 5 vs. West Ham: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

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

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

FIXTURE DETAILS
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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #39 |
Manager Game | #41 |
Saturday, 25 April 1987

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🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1986-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🕒 41 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 15 🟥 16 | 1.10

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1986-1994

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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🟨 Simon Stainrod, Trip

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

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Kevin Poole and Simon Stainrod replace Nigel Spink and Neale Cooper.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.49 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.42 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.53 |

Referee

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

MANAGER

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

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Aston Villa

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

MANAGER

John Lyall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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West Ham United

GK Tom McAlister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Thomas McQueen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Tony Gale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Strodder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stewart Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Alan Devonshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Liam Brady | 🇮🇪 |
CF Frank McAvennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Alan Dickens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, 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 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, 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

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH QUOTES
“It was a great relief to put the result together on Saturday but I must be honest and say that it has come two weeks too late. “If it had been the Manchester City or Watford game perhaps things would have been different. “I think it will prove too little too late. “We will give everything we have over these last three games. “It’s a tough task but we will be in there battling. "We were all relieved about Saturday. “We didn't want to be jeered off the pitch and it would have been on the cards with anything less than that sort of victory.” Steve Hunt.
Quotes

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 27 April 1987.
Reports

🟩 25 Apr 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park

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