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Game #3964

Aston Villa

Saturday, 2 May 1987

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Lost

22nd (-1)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Division One

Arsenal

Highbury

Attendance: 18,463

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

Arsenal

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 24' |

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 May 1987

🥅 | 19’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal, pen), Martin Hayes
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Steve Hunt
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Martin Hayes
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 67' Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Tackle

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 May 1987

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the third time in four games and now have fourteen wins in their last sixty seven League games losing thirty two. As a result Villa fall back to the bottom of the table, six points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with two games to play and six points available. Mathematically it is still possible for Villa to survive but they will need two high scoring wins and their rivals Leicester and Oxford to lose their remaining matches.

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

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

Arsenal

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1986–87

Aston Villa

Arsenal

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Arsenal

Previous 5 vs. Arsenal: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #49 |
League Match | #40 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Saturday, 2 May 1987

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🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 42 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 15 🟥 17 | 1.07

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Pontypridd, 1982-1996
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 21 August 1985, Villa 2-2 Liverpool, Villa Park. 🆘
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Mark Walters replaces Tony Daley.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.81 |

Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 31.44 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.65 |

Referee
Manager

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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

MANAGER

George Graham (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Arsenal

GK Rhys Wilmot | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Michael Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Martin Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CF Charlie Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 67' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 | (W Perry Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
70
18*
7
5
15
23
32*
-
-
1
0

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH QUOTES

“If we go down, we are not selling good players just because we are In the Second Division. "There are two requirements for completion of a transfer; first, that a club wish to buy, and second, that a club wish to sell. “No-one has inquired about Martin [Keown] and In any event we would be most reluctant to sell. "I don't want to be pushed into any decisions until I discuss matters with the board. "I also want to know what their ideas are about economies." Billy McNeill discusses “economies”
Quotes

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*Birmingham Evening Mail*
Monday, 4 May 1987.

Reports

🟥 2 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Arsenal, Highbury.

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MATCH VIDEO

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