Game #3965
Aston Villa
Monday, 4 May 1987


Lost
22nd (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Division One
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa Park
Attendance: 15,007
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2

Sheffield Wednesday

Assist(s) | None
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Monday, 4 May 1987
💥 | Paul Elliott leaves field of play with injury
🥅 | 11’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Lee Chapman
💥 | Paul Elliott returns to field of play after treatment
🥅 | 36’ Goal, 0-2, (Sheffield Wednesday), David Hirst
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Paul Elliott, Sub on, Phil Robinson
⚽ | 51’ Goal, 1-2, Phil Robinson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
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
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Monday, 4 May 1987
Billy McNeill's 🏴 Villa 🟥 lose for the fourth time in 🕒 five games and now have 🟩 fourteen wins in their last 🕒 sixty eight League games 🟥 losing thirty three.
Villa remain bottom of the table, nine points off safety and five points off the relegation play off place with one game to play and three points available.
With relegation confirmed, Billy McNeill 🏴 leaves having 🟩 won just three in 🕒 thirty one games and 🟥 losing seventeen.
Meanwhile, the indefensible and utterly culpable Herbert Douglas Ellis, who had led Villa from the Champions of Europe to the second tier in just five seasons, decides now was the right point to scream: "It's time for action."
As part of his self preservation strategy, Ellis gags the hapless Billy McNeill 🏴 but nothing can disguise Ellis' continued folly,
Villa would play in the second tier in 1987-88 and would do so with a new manager and without their better players.
League and European Cup winning right back Gary Williams 🏴 26 makes his 302nd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (297 Starts) before moving on to Leeds United in July 1987 for a fee of £250,000. Williams left with a record of 🟩 W114 🟨 D77 🟥 L11, ⚽ 2 Goals, 🔥 13 Assists and 🟥 2 Red Cards.
Centre back Paul Elliott 🏴 23 makes his 69th and final appearance for in a Villa shirt aged just 23 before moving on to Pisa in July 1987 for a fee of £400,000. Villa had signed Elliott just 18 months earlier for the same fee from Luton Town. Elliott left with a record of 🟩 W16 🟨 D22 🟥 L31, and ⚽ 7 Goals.
Goalkeeper Kevin Poole 🏴 23 makes his 32nd and final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Middlesbrough in August 1987 for a fee of £50,000. Poole left with a record of 🟩 W13 🟨 D4 🟥 L15, 🥅 48 Goals Conceded at 1.50 per game and ⛔ 8 Clean Sheets (25%).
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 1977-87 🕒 302 | ✅ 297 🔁 (5) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 13 | 🇺 17 | #598 |
🔴 CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 1985-87 🕒 69 | ✅ 68 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 7 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 1 | #636 |
🔴 GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 | 1985-87 🕒 32 | ✅ 32 🔁 (0) | 🥅 1.50 | ⛔ 25% | 🇺 0 | #632 |
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
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Monday, 4 May 1987
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🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
🕒 43 | 🟩 | 10 🟨 | 15 🟥 18 | 1.05
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Unknown
Cards: None
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Tony Daley and Dean Glover replace Mark Walters and Simon Stainrod.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.07 |
Oldest Player |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 | 31.45 |
Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 | 19.56 |
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987

Aston Villa
GK Kevin Poole | 🏴 | 🔴 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴 | 🔴 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 🔁 | 🚑 | 🔴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Howard Wilkinson | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Martin Hodge | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
CB Mark Smith | 🏴 |
CB Larry May | 🏴 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴 |
M Gary Shelton (ex) | 🏴 |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴 |
M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF David Hirst | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Phil Robinson | 🏴 | ⚽ | for CB Paul Elliott | 🏴 | 46' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Mark Chamberlain | 🏴 |)

🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, 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
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Phil Robinson | 🏴 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/12
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 4 May 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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Tuesday, 4 May 1987.
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