Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Manager #16

1986-87 🕒 43 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 18 | 1.05 | #16

Preceded By	Villa Career	Succeeded By
Ron Wylie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|	1986-87 🕒 43 \| 🟩 10 \| 🟨 15 \| 🟥 18 \| 1.05 \| #16	Frank Upton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Career

Career Summary

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

1986-87 🕒 43 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 18 | 1.05 | #16

Seasons	Games	🟩	🟥	Points Per Game	🟩 %	🟥 %	Unbeaten
1	42	10	18	1.05	23%	42%	58%

Games	⚽	🥅	Goals per Game	Conceded per Game	Goal Difference	Clean Sheets
42	53	67	1.26	1.6	-14	24%

Career Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

	🕒	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %
Games	43	10	23.26%	15	34.88%	18	41.86%

Competition

Competition Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Competition:	🕒	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %
League	34	7	20.59%	12	35.29%	15	44.12%
FA Cup	2	0	0.00%	1	50.00%	1	50.00%
League Cup	5	2	40.00%	2	40.00%	1	20.00%
Other	2	1	50.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

FA Cup finishes

1986-87
3rd Round
Lost to Chelsea

1986-87
4th Round
Lost to Southampton

League Cup finishes

European finishes

n/a

League Tier Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Competition:	🕒	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %
League	34	7	20.59%	12	35.29%	15	44.12%
Top Flight	34	7	20.59%	12	35.29%	15	44.12%

1986-87
Football League First Division
22nd of 22
Relegated

League

Home & Away Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Venue:	🕒	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %
Home	21	9	42.86%	8	38.10%	4	19.05%
Away	22	1	4.55%	7	31.82%	14	63.64%
Neutral	0	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

Home Away

Seasons Quick-View

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game
1986-87	46	D1	22nd	43	10	15	18	23%	58%	42%	54	1.26	68	1.58	23.26%	1.05

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 L%	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game

Season	Age	Division	Final Position	🕒	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %	⚽	⚽ per Game	🥅	🥅 per Game	⛔	Points per Game

Seasons

Milestones

Career Milestones

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

10 Wins	20 Wins	50 Wins	70 Wins	100 Wins	125 Wins	150 Wins	200 Wins	Games to Achieve
41 ‼️

10 Games	20 Games	50 Games	70 Games	100 Games	125 Games	150 Games	200 Games	Points per Game
2.10	1.32				-	-	-

10 Losses	20 Losses	50 Losses	70 Losses	100 Losses	125 Losses	150 Losses	200 Losses	Games to Achieve
27

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Personal Profile

Birth Date	Birthplace	Birth Country		Full Name	Citizenship
2 March 1940	Bellshill	Scotland	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿	William McNeill		🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Personal

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Playing Career

Defender

- 1957 Blantyre Victoria

1957-75 Glasgow Celtic
Scottish First Division
🕒 486 | ⚽ 22 | (League)

Player

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Previous Coaching & Managerial Roles

Trophies Won

1977 Clyde
Manager
Scottish Second Division
Apr 1977 to Jun 1977
🕒 8 | PPG 1.88
Career Form: Top 4

1977-78 Aberdeen
Manager
Scottish Premier League
1 Jul 1977 to 30 Jun 1978
🕒 50 | PPG 2.08
Career Form: Top 4

1978-83 Celtic
Manager
Scottish Premier League
1 Jul 1978 to 30 Jun 1983
🕒 258 | PPG 2.07
Career Form: Top 4

1983-86 Manchester City
Manager
Football League Second Division, First Division
1 Jul 1983 to 31 Aug 1986
🕒 150 | PPG 1.47
Career Form: Top 8

1978-79 Scottish League
Glasgow Celtic

1979-80 Scottish Cup
Glasgow Celtic

1980-81 Scottish League
Glasgow Celtic

1981-82 Scottish League
Glasgow Celtic

1982-83 Scottish League Cup
Glasgow Celtic

1987-88 Scottish League
Glasgow Celtic

1987-88 Scottish Cup
Glasgow Celtic

1988-89 Scottish Cup
Glasgow Celtic

Joined Villa

Joined	Age	Arrived from
1 September 1986	46	Manchester City Manager

Appointed Manager

Appointed	Appointed	Appointed From	Succeeding
20 September 1986	46	Manchester City Manager	Ron Wylie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \|

Villa Managerial Debut

Debut Game
🟨 24 September 1986, League Cup, Villa 1-1 Reading, Elm Park

Notable Players

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Supported by

Served under

1986-87
Chairman, Herbert D. Ellis
Club Secretary, Steve Stride

Villa Honours

Managed the Villa

Final Villa Managerial Game

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

Left Managerial Position

Left	Age	Succeeded By
4 May 1987	47	Frank Upton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \|

Resigned

Villa Career

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Subsequent Coaching & Managerial Roles

1987-91 Glasgow Celtic
Manager
Scottish Premier League
1 Jul 1987 to 30 Jun 1991
🕒 197 | PPG 1.85
Career Form: Top 4

1998 Hibernian
Caretaker Manager
Scottish Premier League
1 Feb 1998 to 29 Feb 1998
🕒 4 | PPG 0.25
Career Form: Relegation

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 25 Games

Name	🟩 %	🟥 %	PPG
John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1998-02 \|	78% ⭐	12% ⭐	2.40 ⭐
George Ramsay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1886-26 \|	64%	12% ⭐	2.30
Management Committee 1879-86	64%	20%	2.08
Unai Emery \| 🇪🇸 \| 2022-	56%	32%	1.80
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1987-90 \|	48%	24%	1.72
Tony Barton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1982-84 \|	48%	24%	1.72
Tommy Docherty \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1968-70 \|	48%	24%	1.72
Ron Saunders \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1974-82 \|	44%	20%	1.68
Alex Massie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1945-50 \|	48%	32%	1.64
Jimmy Hogan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1936-39 \|	44%	28%	1.60
Jozef Vengloš \| 🇨🇿 \| 1990-91 \|	44%	28%	1.60
David O'Leary \| 🇮🇪 \| 2003-06 \|	44%	32%	1.56
Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1991-94 \|	44%	36%	1.52
Dean Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2018-21 \|	36%	28%	1.44
Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 1970-74 \|	40%	36%	1.44
Steve Bruce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2016-18 \|	40%	40%	1.40
Tommy Cummings \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1967-68 \|	44%	48%	1.40
George Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1950-53 \|	36%	36%	1.36
Alex McLeish \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2011-12 \|	32%	32%	1.32
Billy McNeill \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1986-87 \|	32%	32%	1.32
Gérard Houllier \| 🇫🇷 \| 2010-11 \|	36%	40%	1.32
Steven Gerrard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2021-22 \|	40%	48%	1.32
Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1994-98 \|	32%	32%	1.32
Martin O'Neill \| 🇬🇧 \| 2006-10 \|	28%	28%	1.28
Joe Mercer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1958-64 \|	36%	44%	1.28
Billy Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1926-34 \|	36%	48%	1.25
Tim Sherwood \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2015 \|	40%	52%	1.24
Jimmy McMullan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1934-36 \|	32%	40%	1.24
Graham Turner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1984-86 \|	32%	40%	1.24
Paul Lambert \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2012-15 \|	32%	40%	1.24
Dick Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1964-67 \|	36%	56% ‼️	1.16
Eric Houghton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1953-58 \|	32%	52%	1.12 ‼️
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2002-03 \|	28% ‼️	52%	1.04

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 50 Games

Name	🟩 %	🟥 %	PPG
Unai Emery \| 🇪🇸 \| 2022-	62% ⭐	26%	1.98 ⭐
George Ramsay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1886-26 \|	58%	20% ⭐	1.96
Ron Saunders \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1974-82 \|	56%	20% ⭐	1.92
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1987-90 \|	52%	26%	1.78
Joe Mercer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1958-64 \|	50%	28%	1.72
John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1998-02 \|	52%	32%	1.72
Dean Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2018-21 \|	48%	28%	1.68
Tony Barton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1982-84 \|	50%	32%	1.68
Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 1970-74 \|	44%	28%	1.60
David O'Leary \| 🇮🇪 \| 2003-06 \|	44%	30%	1.58
Alex Massie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1945-50 \|	46%	34%	1.58
Jimmy Hogan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1936-39 \|	44%	34%	1.54
Steve Bruce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2016-18 \|	44%	34%	1.54
Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1994-98 \|	40%	28%	1.52
George Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1950-53 \|	40%	34%	1.46
Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1991-94 \|	40%	36%	1.44
Martin O'Neill \| 🇬🇧 \| 2006-10 \|	34%	30%	1.38
Billy Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1926-34 \|	40%	42%	1.38
Dick Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1964-67 \|	40%	46% ‼️	1.34
Jimmy McMullan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1934-36 \|	34%	38%	1.30
Paul Lambert \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2012-15 \|	36%	42%	1.30
Graham Turner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1984-86 \|	34%	40%	1.28
Tommy Docherty \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1968-70 \|	32% ‼️	36%	1.28
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2002-03 \|	34%	46% ‼️	1.22
Eric Houghton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1953-58 \|	32% ‼️	42%	1.22
Tommy Cummings \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1967-68 \|	34%	38%	1.20 ‼️

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 75 Games

Name	🟩 %	🟥 %	PPG
Unai Emery \| 🇪🇸 \| 2022-	57% ⭐	25% ⭐	1.89 ⭐
Ron Saunders \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1974-82 \|	52%	25% ⭐	1.79
Joe Mercer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1958-64 \|	52%	29%	1.75
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1987-90 \|	48%	25% ⭐	1.71
George Ramsay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1886-26 \|	49%	31%	1.68
Jimmy Hogan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1936-39 \|	48%	31%	1.65
Steve Bruce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2016-18 \|	48%	31%	1.65
John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1998-02 \|	49%	33%	1.65
Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1994-98 \|	45%	25% ⭐	1.65
Tony Barton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1982-84 \|	49%	35%	1.64
Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1991-94 \|	44%	29%	1.59
Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 1970-74 \|	40%	29%	1.51
Alex Massie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1945-50 \|	43%	35%	1.51
Dean Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2018-21 \|	41%	37%	1.45
David O'Leary \| 🇮🇪 \| 2003-06 \|	40%	35%	1.45
Martin O'Neill \| 🇬🇧 \| 2006-10 \|	36%	28%	1.44
Billy Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1926-34 \|	43%	41%	1.44
Dick Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1964-67 \|	43%	43%	1.43
George Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1950-53 \|	40%	39%	1.41
Graham Turner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1984-86 \|	35%	39%	1.31
Eric Houghton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1953-58 \|	35%	39%	1.31
Paul Lambert \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2012-15 \|	32%	44% ‼️	1.20
Jimmy McMullan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1934-36 \|	31% ‼️	44% ‼️	1.17 ‼️

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 100 Games

Name	🟩 %	🟥 %	PPG
Joe Mercer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1958-64 \|	53%	28%	1.78 ⭐
Unai Emery \| 🇪🇸 \| 2022-	53% ⭐	29%	1.77 ⭐
John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1998-02 \|	50%	29%	1.71
Jimmy Hogan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1936-39 \|	49%	32%	1.66
Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1991-94 \|	46%	27% ⭐	1.65
George Ramsay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1886-26 \|	49%	34%	1.64
Steve Bruce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2016-18 \|	46%	31%	1.61
Tony Barton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1982-84 \|	48%	35%	1.61
Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1994-98 \|	44%	28%	1.60
Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 1970-74 \|	44%	29%	1.59
Ron Saunders \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1974-82 \|	43%	28%	1.58
Martin O'Neill \| 🇬🇧 \| 2006-10 \|	39%	27% ⭐	1.51
Billy Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1926-34 \|	42%	40%	1.51
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1987-90 \|	41%	32%	1.49
Dean Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2018-21 \|	42%	37%	1.49
Alex Massie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1945-50 \|	43%	37%	1.49
George Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1950-53 \|	39%	34%	1.44
David O'Leary \| 🇮🇪 \| 2003-06 \|	37%	38%	1.36
Eric Houghton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1953-58 \|	36%	37%	1.35
Dick Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1964-67 \|	39%	46%	1.32
Graham Turner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1984-86 \|	33%	37%	1.29
Paul Lambert \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2012-15 \|	30% ‼️	48% ‼️	1.12 ‼️

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Home

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Home Performance Comparison

Manager	🕒	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %
Unai Emery \| 🇪🇸 \| 2022-	46	30	65.22% ⭐	5	10.87%	11	23.91%
Steven Gerrard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2021-2022	19	6	31.58%	5	26.32%	8	42.11%
Dean Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2018-2021	68	29	42.65%	13	19.12%	26	38.24%
Steve Bruce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2016-2018	51	28	54.90%	15	29.41%	8	15.69%
Roberto Di Matteo \| 🇮🇹 \| 2016	5	1	20.00% ‼️	4	80.00%	0	0.00%
Rémi Garde \| 🇫🇷 \| 2015-2016	12	3	25.00%	3	25.00%	6	50.00% ‼️
Tim Sherwood \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2015	15	6	40.00%	2	13.33%	7	46.67%
Paul Lambert \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2012-2015	59	19	32.20%	13	22.03%	27	45.76%
Alex McLeish \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2011-2012	21	5	23.81%	7	33.33%	9	42.86%
Gérard Houllier \| 🇫🇷 \| 2010-2011	16	8	50.00%	4	25.00%	4	25.00%
Martin O'Neill \| 🇬🇧 \| 2006-2010	92	41	44.57%	31	33.70%	20	21.74%
David O'Leary \| 🇮🇪 \| 2003-2006	66	30	45.45%	19	28.79%	17	25.76%
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2002-2003	31	16	51.61%	4	12.90%	11	35.48%
John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1998-2002	97	50	51.55%	24	24.74%	23	23.71%
Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1994-1998	79	43	54.43%	21	26.58%	15	18.99%
Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1991-1994	86	44	51.16%	21	24.42%	21	24.42%
Jozef Vengloš \| 🇨🇿 \| 1990-1991	25	12	48.00%	10	40.00%	3	12.00% ⭐
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1987-1990	77	40	51.95%	17	22.08%	20	25.97%
Billy McNeill \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1986-1987	21	9	42.86%	8	38.10%	4	19.05%
Graham Turner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1984-1986	52	21	40.38%	17	32.69%	14	26.92%
Tony Barton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1982-1984	68	48	70.59%	9	13.24%	11	16.18%
Ron Saunders \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1974-1982	191	115	60.21%	44	23.04%	32	16.75%
Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 1970-1974	107	66	61.68%	27	25.23%	14	13.08%
Tommy Docherty \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1968-1970	28	13	46.43%	8	28.57%	7	25.00%
Tommy Cummings \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1967-1968	33	13	39.39%	8	24.24%	12	36.36%
Dick Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1964-1967	70	35	50.00%	10	14.29%	25	35.71%
Joe Mercer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1958-1964	141	85	60.28%	27	19.15%	29	20.57%
Eric Houghton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1953-1958	120	59	49.17%	31	25.83%	30	25.00%
George Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1950-1953	59	31	52.54%	15	25.42%	13	22.03%
Alex Massie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1946-1950	93	46	49.46%	26	27.96%	21	22.58%
Jimmy Hogan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1936-1939	62	37	59.68%	11	17.74%	14	22.58%
Jimmy McMullan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1934-1936	50	21	42.00%	14	28.00%	15	30.00%
Billy Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1926-1934	182	121	66.48%	22	12.09%	39	21.43%
George Ramsay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1886-1926	653	433	66.31%	120	18.38%	100	15.31%

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Away

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Away Performance Comparison

Manager	🕒	🟩	🟩 %	🟨	🟨 %	🟥	🟥 %
Unai Emery \| 🇪🇸 \| 2022-	46	21	45.65%	11	23.91%	14	30.43%
Steven Gerrard \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2021-2022	21	7	33.33%	3	14.29%	11	52.38%
Dean Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2018-2021	71	25	35.21%	15	21.13%	31	43.66%
Steve Bruce \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2016-2018	50	18	36.00%	10	20.00%	22	44.00%
Roberto Di Matteo \| 🇮🇹 \| 2016	7	0	0.00% ‼️	3	42.86%	4	57.14%
Rémi Garde \| 🇫🇷 \| 2015-2016	11	0	0.00% ‼️	4	36.36%	7	63.64%
Tim Sherwood \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2015	11	3	27.27%	0	0.00%	8	72.73% ‼️
Paul Lambert \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2012-2015	56	15	26.79%	13	23.21%	28	50.00%
Alex McLeish \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 2011-2012	21	4	19.05%	10	47.62%	7	33.33%
Gérard Houllier \| 🇫🇷 \| 2010-2011	18	4	22.22%	5	27.78%	9	50.00%
Martin O'Neill \| 🇬🇧 \| 2006-2010	96	39	40.63%	29	30.21%	28	29.17% ⭐
David O'Leary \| 🇮🇪 \| 2003-2006	65	17	26.15%	16	24.62%	32	49.23%
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 2002-2003	29	3	10.34%	10	34.48%	16	55.17%
John Gregory \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1998-2002	88	31	35.23%	26	29.55%	31	35.23%
Brian Little \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1994-1998	83	24	28.92%	24	28.92%	35	42.17%
Ron Atkinson \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1991-1994	93	33	35.48%	24	25.81%	36	38.71%
Jozef Vengloš \| 🇨🇿 \| 1990-1991	24	4	16.67%	5	20.83%	15	62.50%
Graham Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1987-1990	73	29	39.73%	18	24.66%	26	35.62%
Billy McNeill \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1986-1987	22	1	4.55%	7	31.82%	14	63.64%
Graham Turner \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1984-1986	55	13	23.64%	13	23.64%	29	52.73%
Tony Barton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1982-1984	67	14	20.90%	16	23.88%	37	55.22%
Ron Saunders \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1974-1982	197	61	30.96%	59	29.95%	77	39.09%
Vic Crowe \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 \| 1970-1974	112	32	28.57%	35	31.25%	45	40.18%
Tommy Docherty \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1968-1970	25	3	12.00%	9	36.00%	13	52.00%
Tommy Cummings \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1967-1968	31	5	16.13%	6	19.35%	20	64.52%
Dick Taylor \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1964-1967	75	17	22.67%	12	16.00%	46	61.33%
Joe Mercer \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1958-1964	135	33	24.44%	35	25.93%	67	49.63%
Eric Houghton \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1953-1958	121	26	21.49%	31	25.62%	64	52.89%
George Martin \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1950-1953	60	16	26.67%	15	25.00%	29	48.33%
Alex Massie \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1946-1950	91	28	30.77%	19	20.88%	44	48.35%
Jimmy Hogan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1936-1939	60	19	31.67%	15	25.00%	26	43.33%
Jimmy McMullan \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1934-1936	49	11	22.45%	13	26.53%	25	51.02%
Billy Smith \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 \| 1926-1934	180	54	30.00%	45	25.00%	81	45.00%
George Ramsay \| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 \| 1886-1926	644	207	32.14%	132	20.50%	305	47.36%

⭐ Best performance of any Villa boss
‼️ Worst performance of any Villa boss

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Match List

Match	#	PPG	🟩	🟨	🟥	🟩 %	🟨 %	🟥 %
🟨 24 September 1986, Villa 1-1 Reading, Elm Park.	1	1.00	0	1	0	0.00%	100.00%	0.00%
🟨 27 September 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield.	2	1.00	0	2	0	0.00%	100.00%	0.00%
🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.	3	1.67	1	2	0	33.33%	100.00%	0.00%
🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.	4	2.00	2	2	0	50.00%	100.00%	0.00%
🟩 15 October 1986, Villa 3-1 Southampton, Villa Park.	5	2.20	3	2	0	60.00%	100.00%	0.00%
🟥 22 October 1986, Villa 2-4 Watford, Vicarage Road.	6	1.83	3	2	1	50.00%	83.33%	16.67%
🟩 25 October 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park.	7	2.00	4	2	1	57.14%	85.71%	14.29%
🟨 29 October 1986, Villa 1-1 Derby, Baseball Ground.	8	1.88	4	3	1	50.00%	87.50%	12.50%
🟩 1 November 1986, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.	9	2.00	5	3	1	55.56%	88.89%	11.11%
🟩 4 November 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park.	10	2.10	6	3	1	60.00%	90.00%	10.00%
🟥 8 November 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.	11	1.91	6	3	2	54.55%	81.82%	18.18%
🟩 12 November 1986, FMC, Villa 4-1 Derby, Villa Park.	12	2.00	7	3	2	58.33%	83.33%	16.67%
🟨 15 November 1986, Villa 0-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.	13	1.92	7	4	2	53.85%	84.62%	15.38%
🟥 18 November 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell.	14	1.79	7	4	3	50.00%	78.57%	21.43%
🟨 22 November 1986, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Upton Park.	15	1.73	7	5	3	46.67%	80.00%	20.00%
🟥 29 November 1986, Villa 0-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.	16	1.63	7	5	4	43.75%	75.00%	25.00%
🟥 2 December 1986, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.	17	1.53	7	5	5	41.18%	70.59%	29.41%
🟥 6 December 1986, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.	18	1.44	7	5	6	38.89%	66.67%	33.33%
🟨 13 Dec 1986, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.	19	1.42	7	6	6	36.84%	68.42%	31.58%
🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.	20	1.40	7	7	6	35.00%	70.00%	30.00%
🟩 26 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.	21	1.48	8	7	6	38.10%	71.43%	28.57%
🟥 27 Dec 1986, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.	22	1.41	8	7	7	36.36%	68.18%	31.82%
🟥 1 Jan 1987, Villa 0-3 Everton, Goodison Park.	23	1.35	8	7	8	34.78%	65.22%	34.78%
🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park.	24	1.33	8	8	8	33.33%	66.67%	33.33%
🟨 10 Jan 1987, Villa 2-2 Chelsea, Villa Park	25	1.32	8	9	8	32.00%	68.00%	32.00%

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Match List

Matches

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Matches

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 24 September 1986, Villa 1-1 Reading, Elm Park.

Game #3923

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Bob Hamer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1985–1993
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #8 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Wednesday, 24 September 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 11' |

Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 11' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Gary Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Colin Bailie | 🇬🇧 |
D Martin Hicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Beavon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Terry Hurlock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Paul Canoville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Senior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Gary Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill takes charge of Villa for the first time but can only draw against a Reading side promoted to the second tier for the first time in 50 years.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 27 September 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield.

Game #3924

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Don Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sandbach, 1976-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 2-2
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #2 |
Saturday, 27 September 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 4' | Garry Thompson | 34' | Allan Evans (pen) | 59' |

Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 34' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
LB Jim Beglin | 🇮🇪 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Nicol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Wark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Steve McMahon (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
CF Kenny Dalglish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Steve Nicol | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill takes charge of Villa for the first time in the first division with the club having won just seven of their last thirty four league games losing eighteen. McNeill oversees a draw at 5th placed Liverpool prompting both relief and hope that the end of a torrid spell is near.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 4 October 1986, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Highfield Road.

Game #3925

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ken Walmsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blackpool, 1974-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #10 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 4 October 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Garry Thompson | 54' |

Assist(s) | Steve Hodge | 54' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Micky Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Greg Downs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
W David Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa win in only their second game under his leadership and as a result have won eight of their last thirty six league games losing eighteen.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 8 October 1986, Villa 4-1 Reading, Villa Park.

Game #3926

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Neville Ashley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Nantwich, 1974-1988
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Wednesday, 8 October 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 6' | Andy Gray | 14' | 55' | Mark Walters | 88' |

Assist(s) | Tony Dorigo | 14' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 79' |

Unused Substitutes

CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Gary Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Colin Bailie | 🇬🇧 |
D Martin Hicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Steve Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stuart Beavon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Paul Canoville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Trevor Senior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Kevin Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Jerry Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Michael Gilkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | F Dean Horrix | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Gary Peters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa make it three games unbeaten and two wins as they see off Second Division Reading at Villa Park in the League Cup second leg.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 15 October 1986, Villa 3-1 Southampton, Villa Park.

Game #3927

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Roger Milford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bristol, 1981-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #10 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 11 October 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Paul Elliott | 27' | 64' | Allan Evans (pen) | 49' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 75' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🤡 |
M Graham Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa continue their upturn in form under his leadership, unbeaten in four with three wins and as a result have won nine of their last thirty seven league games losing eighteen.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 22 October 1986, Villa 2-4 Watford, Vicarage Road.

Game #3928

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Mike James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1981-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Saturday, 18 October 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 49' | Simon Stainrod | 81' |

Assist(s) | Garry Thompson | 49' | 81' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Terry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McClelland | 🇬🇧 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kenny Jackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Nigel Callaghan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gary Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose their first game under his leadership, and first in five, as they are taken apart by Graham Taylor's Watford at Vicarage Road to make it nine wins in their last thirty eight league games losing nineteen.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 25 October 1986, Villa 2-0 Newcastle, Villa Park.

Game #3929

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Lester Shapter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Torquay, 1974-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #14 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 25 October 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 12' | 24' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Martin Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Glenn Roeder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Anderson | 🇮🇪 |
M Paul Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
M Ian Stewart | 🇬🇧 |
F Andy Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Tony Cunningham | 🇯🇲 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Paul Gascoigne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Martin Keown
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-0, Steve Hodge, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United

On This Day

Villa climb to 18th in the table as they bounce back from a first defeat under Billy McNeill thanks to a Steve Hodge brace against second from bottom Newcastle.
Villa have now won three, drawn one and lost one under Billy McNeill.
Villa now have ten wins in their last thirty nine league games losing nineteen.
Tony Daley secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (30 Starts) to make it W10 D11 L18, 2 Goals and 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 29 October 1986, Villa 1-1 Derby, Baseball Ground.

Game #3930

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: David Allison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Lancaster, 1980-1997
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #15 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Wednesday, 29 October 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tony Daley | 15' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mike Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Micklewhite | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geraint Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
F Bobby Davison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Gee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M David Penney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Garner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa can only draw with newly promoted second tier side Derby in the League Cup as Tony Daley scores his first of the season.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 1 November 1986, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Villa Park.

Game #3931

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Neil Midgley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Salford, 1977-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #13 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 1 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Simon Stainrod | 64' | 72' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Ian Andrews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Simon Morgan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
M Ally Mauchlen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Paul Bunce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Paul Bunce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Tony Sealy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Leicester City
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Steve Hunt
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 2-0, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Tony Daley
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Leicester City

On This Day

A brace from Simon Stainrod including a breathtaking overhead kick secures Villa's fifth win under Billy McNeill as they climb to a season high 16th in the first division table.
Villa now have eleven wins in their last forty league games having lost nineteen.
Tony Daley contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance (32 Starts) to make it W11 D12 L18, 4 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 4 November 1986, Villa 2-1 Derby, Villa Park.

Game #3932

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ffrangcon Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Prestatyn, 1981–1990
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #17 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Tuesday, 4 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Paul Birch | 11' | Garry Thompson | 61' |

Assist(s) | David Norton | 61' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mike Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Gary Micklewhite | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Geraint Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Davison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Gee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M David Penney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa win for the sixth time in nine games under his leadership as newly promoted second tier side Derby are beaten in the League Cup at Villa Park.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 8 November 1986, Villa 1-3 Manchester City, Maine Road.

Game #3933

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ken Redfern | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Whitley Bay, 1978-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #11 |
Saturday, 8 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tony Daley | 67' |

Assist(s) | Steve Hodge | 67' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Perry Suckling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Graham Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Grealish | 🇮🇪 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Paul Moulden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for only the second time in ten games under his leadership but are defeated by second from bottom Manchester City. As a result Villa now have eleven wins in their last forty one league games losing twenty.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 12 November 1986, FMC, Villa 4-1 Derby, Villa Park.

Game #3934

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ian Hendrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Preston, 1983–1993
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Wednesday, 12 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Gary Shaw | 19' | 50' | Allan Evans | 32' | Tony Daley | 45' |

Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 19' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 78’ |

Unused Substitutes

CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Mark Wallington | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Mike Forsyth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Rob Hindmarch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Geraint Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ross Maclaren | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gary Micklewhite | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Bobby Davison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Phil Gee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | LB Graham Harbey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (FB Steve Cross | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M John Gregory (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M David Penney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa face second division Derby for the third time in five games to beat them in the unloved and inconvenient Full Members Cup.
Villa win for the seventh time in eleven games under Billy McNeill.
Tony Daley scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 44th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W13 D12 L19, 5 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 15 November 1986, Villa 0-0 Chelsea, Villa Park.

Game #3935

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: David Scott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Burnley, 1980-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #20 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 15 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 76' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Doug Rougvie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Bob Isaac | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Kevin McAllister | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Gordon Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa can only draw with fourth from bottom Chelsea and now have eleven wins in their last forty two League games losing twenty.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 18 November 1986, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell.

Game #3936

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993 🆘
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #21 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Tuesday, 18 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans (pen) | 67' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Kevin Poole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 57' |
🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 65' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Dennis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🤡 |
M Graham Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M George Lawrence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Joe Jordan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

💥 | 16’ Goal Disallowed, Garry Thompson’ goal ruled out despite ball being a foot over the line
🥅 | 17’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Jimmy Case scores immediately from the restart
🟨 | 20’ Mark Dennis booked for horrific tackle on Gary Williams
💥 | 38’ Mark Dennis two footed lunge on Simon Stainrod escapes booking
🕒 | HT Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
💥 | Mark Dennis heads Steve Hunt shot off line with ‘keeper beaten
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Colin Clarke
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Simon Stainrod, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Tony Daley Sub on, Mark Walters
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 1-2, Allan Evans (pen) after Paul Kerr is fouled
💥 | 72' Goal Disallowed, Paul Kerr equaliser ruled out incorrectly for pushing
💥 | Mark Dennis lunge on Tony Daley requires six stitches, escapes booking
🟥 | 74' Mark Dennis is finally sent off after a scuffle with Martin Keown
🟥 | 74' Martin Keown also sent off, first offence
🟥 | 76' Gary Williams sent off for an elbow on Steve Baker, first offence
🕒 | FT Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Paul Elliott, Foul
🟨 | Allan Evans booked for kicking the ball at referee David Axcell

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose to Southampton in the fourth round of the League Cup.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 22 November 1986, Villa 1-1 West Ham, Upton Park.

Game #3937

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Allan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1977-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Match | #16 |
Manager Game | #15 |
Saturday, 22 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Garry Thompson | 63' |

Assist(s) | David Norton | 63' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 62' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Phil Parkes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Hilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Walford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tony Gale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Dickens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Parris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Devonshire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Keen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Frank McAvennie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Tony Cottee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Kevin Keen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Billy Bonds | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa draw with 4th placed West Ham but are now without a win in three and have eleven wins in their last forty three League games losing twenty.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 29 November 1986, Villa 0-4 Arsenal, Villa Park.

Game #3938

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Bob Nixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Kirby, 1981-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-4
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Match | #17 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 29 November 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK John Lukic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Kenny Sansom | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 |
CB Tony Adams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Viv Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Rocastle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Martin Hayes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Perry Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Niall Quinn | 🇮🇪 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Gus Caesar | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for only the fourth time in fifteen games under his leadership but this heavy defeat at home to the League leaders means it is four games without a win and eleven wins in their last forty four League games losing twenty one.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 2 December 1986, Villa 0-1 Ipswich, Portman Road.

Game #3939

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #24 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Tuesday, 2 December 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Kerr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 78’ |

Unused Substitutes

CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK John Hallworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Frank Yallop | 🇨🇦 |
D Tony Humes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Ian Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jason Dozzell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Nigel Gleghorn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Deehan (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Wilson | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Michael Cole | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | D Ian Cranson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

M Neill Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Kevin Wilson
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Andy Gray, Sub on, Paul Kerr
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 1-0 Aston Villa

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the third time in four games as they are beaten by second division Ipswich in the Full Members Cup. Meanwhile, Paul Kerr made his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before moving on to Middlesbrough in January 1987 for a fee of £50,000. Kerr had played for Villa between 1983-84 and 1986-87 making 33 appearances and scoring 6 goals.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 6 December 1986, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough.

Game #3940

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #25 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #18 |
Saturday, 6 December 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans (pen) | 15' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 77' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Martin Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Paul Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Shelton (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Marwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Brian Marwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (LB Glynn Snodin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa lose for the fourth time in five games, for the third successive game and for the sixth time in seventeen games under Billy McNeill.
Villa have just eleven wins in their last forty five League games having lost twenty two.
Villa hit the post twice and concede two disputed goals as their winless League run extends to five.
Villa tumble to nineteenth in the table after eighteen games.
Tony Daley makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (40 Starts) to make it W13 D14 L23, 5 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 13 Dec 1986, Villa 3-3 United, Villa Park.

Game #3941

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Alf Buksh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | London, 1983–1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 3-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #19 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 13 December 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 22' | Garry Thompson | 66' | Allan Evans (pen) | 72' |

Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 66' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Gary Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Moran | 🇮🇪 |
CB Graeme Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Mike Duxbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Sivebæk | 🇩🇰 |
M Remi Moses | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gordon Strachan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Jesper Olsen | 🇩🇰 |
M Bryan Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Norman Whiteside | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Peter Davenport | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Frank Stapleton | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa recover from 1-3 down to draw with 17th placed Manchester United but their winless run extends to seven in all competitions as they remain 19th in the table.
Billy McNeill's Villa stop a run of three defeats but are held to a draw at home by 16th placed Manchester United. As a result they are without a win in seven under McNeill and have just eleven wins in their last forty six League games losing twenty two.
Meanwhile, Steve Hodge made his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £650,000. Villa had paid Nottingham Forest £400,000 for Hodge's services 16 months earlier and he played for Villa in 1985-86 and 1986-87 making 69 appearances and scoring 16 goals. Villa had turned Hodge into an England international but ironically, once leaving the struggling club, found his national team opportunities much more limited.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 20 December 1986, Villa 2-2 Oxford, Manor Ground.

Game #3942

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Essex, 1984–1988
Replaced by Geoff Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kingston
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #27 |
League Match | #20 |
Manager Game | #20 |
Saturday, 20 December 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Garry Thompson | 7' | Mark Walters | 25' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Steve Hardwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB John Dreyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Briggs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Dave Langan | 🇮🇪 |
M John Trewick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Trevor Hebberd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Brock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Leworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | LB Bobby McDonald (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Les Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa encounter yet another poor refereeing performance - this time from two officials after Keith Miller was replaced by Geoff Pearson, the latter gifting Oxford a bogus penalty to leave Villa winless in eight.
Billy McNeill's Villa draw for the second successive match bur are now without a win in eight and have just eleven wins in their last forty seven League games losing twenty two.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 26 Dec 1986, Villa 2-0 Charlton, Villa Park.

Game #3943

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #28 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Friday, 26 December 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Paul Birch | 82' | Tony Daley | 84' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 84' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔥 | for M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 64' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Bob Bolder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Steve Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Mark Aizlewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Peter Shirtliff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D John Humphrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alan Curbishley (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M George Shipley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Mark Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M George Shipley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF John Pearson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa leave it late to win for the first time in nine as a Paul Birch cameo secures the points to help Villa climb back to seventeenth as they beat second from bottom Charlton but remain just two points off the relegation places.
Billy McNeill's Villa win for the first time in nine games and now have twelve wins in their last forty eight League games losing twenty two.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 27 Dec 1986, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

Game #3944

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-4
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #22 |
Manager Game | #22 |
Saturday, 27 December 1986

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Paul Elliott | 88' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (CF Gordon Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Controversial referee David Axcell strikes again as he hands bottom club Chelsea a dubious penalty after 8' to set them on the way to victory as Villa's fighting skills appear worryingly depleted. Villa drop to 18th and are now just one clear of the relegation places after 22 games.
Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the sixth time in ten games and have now just twelve wins in their last forty nine League games losing twenty three.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 1 Jan 1987, Villa 0-3 Everton, Goodison Park.

Game #3945

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Robbie Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Darlington, 1986-1996
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Thursday, 1 January 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 75' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Neville Southall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Harper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Kevin Ratcliffe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Dave Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Pointon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Kevin Sheedy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Trevor Steven | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Power | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa open 1987 with a seventh loss in eleven games and have now just twelve wins in their last fifty League games losing twenty four. Villa drop to 21st in the table.
Villa hold out for 45 minutes but end up well beaten by second placed Everton as they fall to 20th in the table and in the relegation zone on goal difference.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 3 Jan 1987, Villa 0-0 Forest, Villa Park.

Game #3946

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Gary Aplin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kendal, 1984–1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Match | #24 |
Manager Game | #24 |
Saturday, 3 January 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 72' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Hans Segers | 🇳🇱 |
LB Stuart Pearce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Des Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Fleming | 🇬🇧 |
M Gary Mills | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Bowyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Clough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil Webb | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Franz Carr | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Phil Starbuck | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Neale Cooper finally makes his debut five months after signing and helps Villa record a goalless draw with fourth placed Forest but Villa go second from bottom on goal difference.
Billy McNeill's Villa keep a clean sheet and secure a goal-less draw with high-flying Forest but now have just twelve wins in their last fifty one League games losing twenty four.
Meanwhile, Neale Cooper made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Aberdeen in July 1986 for a fee of £350,000.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 10 Jan 1987, Villa 2-2 Chelsea, Villa Park

Game #3947

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #32 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Saturday, 10 January 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Neale Cooper | 70' | Steve Hunt | 88' |

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 70' | 88' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 60' |
🔁 | CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 71' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Micky Hazard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Joe McLaughlin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Gordon Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

LB Doug Rougvie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Keith Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa leave it late but in a much improved performance hit an 88' replay at Stamford Bridge. Villa however have just one win in thirteen in all competitions and were beaten heavily at Chelsea just three games before.
Billy McNeill's Villa make it two games unbeaten as they draw with 18th placed Chelsea in the FA Cup third round.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 21 Jan 1987, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge

Game #3948

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #33 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Wednesday, 21 January 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hunt | 13' |

Assist(s) | Allan Evans | 13' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 101' |
🔁 | CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 105' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Eddie Niedzwiecki | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Keith Dublin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Colin Pates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Wicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Bumstead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nigel Spackman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Wood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Pat Nevin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Gordon Durie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF David Speedie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Kerry Dixon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Micky Hazard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |)

Unused Substitutes

CF Roy Wegerle | 🇺🇸 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa lose in extra time to a dubious penalty that was won by a blatant drive by Gordon Durie which fooled referee Joe Worrall.
Billy McNeill's Villa lose the FA Cup third round replay with 18th placed Chelsea and have now won just once in fourteen games, losing eight.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 24 Jan 1987, Villa 0-3 Spurs, White Hart Lane

Game #3949

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Roger Wiseman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hertfordshire, 1986–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #34 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #27 |
Saturday, 24 January 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 80' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Ray Clemence | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Gough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Danny Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Glenn Hoddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Chris Waddle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nico Claesen | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Nico Claesen | 🇧🇪 | (M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

The hated and hateful Steve Hodge scores a brace against Villa just weeks after leaving in one of the most acrimonious departures imaginable as Villa remain 21st.
Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the ninth time in fifteen matches in all competitions, winning once, as the hated Steve Hodge - a deeply unpopular player even in a Villa shirt - gleefully sent Villa to defeat. As a result Villa now have just twelve wins in their last fifty two League games losing twenty five.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 7 Feb 1987, Villa 0-1, QPR, Villa Park

Game #3950

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Deakin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bedford, 1980-1992
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #35 |
League Match | #26 |
Manager Game | #28 |
Saturday, 7 February 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK David Seaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gavin Maguire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Alan McDonald | 🇬🇧 |
CB Terry Fenwick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Fillery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robbie James | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Martin Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Clive Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Wayne Fereday | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Byrne | 🇮🇪 |
CF Leroy Rosenior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Gavin Peacock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa make it one win in sixteen under Billy McNeill as Simon Stainrod becomes the latest player to deservedly receive the bird from the Villa crowd. Villa remain 21st but are now three points from safety.
Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the third successive game and the tenth time in sixteen games whilst winning once.
Villa now have just twelve wins in their last fifty three League games losing twenty six. As a result Villa were second from bottom, three points off safety and two points off the relegation play off place.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 14 Feb 1987, Villa 1-2, Luton, Kenilworth Road

Game #3951

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #27 |
Manager Game | #29 |
Saturday, 14 February 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Allan Evans (pen) | 76' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Les Sealey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tim Breacker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Marvin Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Foster (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
LB Mal Donaghy | 🇬🇧 |
M Robert Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Nicholas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Ashley Grimes | 🇮🇪 |
CF Mike Newell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brian Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Mick Harford | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Mark Stein | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the fourth successive game and the eleventh time in seventeen games whilst winning once. Villa now have just twelve wins in their last fifty four League games losing twenty seven.
As a result Villa are second from bottom, four points off safety and two points off the relegation play off place.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 21 Feb 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park

Game #3952

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1975-1993
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 2-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #37 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #30 |
Saturday, 21 February 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Own Goal | 30' | Paul Elliott | 43' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 43' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Bruce Grobbelaar | 🇿🇼 |
RB Barry Venison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Lawrenson | 🇮🇪 |
CB Gary Gillespie | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Alan Hansen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Paul Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Steve McMahon (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ronnie Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
M Jan Mølby | 🇳🇴 |
CF Ian Rush | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Craig Johnston | 🇦🇺 | (CF John Aldridge | 🇮🇪 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa stop a run of four consecutive defeats as they secure a creditable draw with Championship chasing, and second placed, Liverpool. Villa however now had just twelve wins in their last fifty five League games losing twenty seven. As a result Villa fell to 22nd and bottom of the table, four points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with fourteen games left to play. Meanwhile, Warren Aspinall made his Villa debut aged 19 after moving from Everton earlier this month for a fee of £350,000.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 28 February 1987, Villa 1-1, Norwich, Carrow Road.

Game #3953

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Dennis Hedges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Oxford, 1979-1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #38 |
League Match | #29 |
Manager Game | #31 |
Saturday, 28 February 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Paul Elliott | 34' |

Assist(s) | Gary Williams | 34' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Dean Glover | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Bryan Gunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
LB Tony Spearing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Bruce | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Butterworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Kenny Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Trevor Putney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ian Crook | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dale Gordon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mike Phelan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Robert Rosario | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Kevin Drinkell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | LB Tony Spearing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Wayne Biggins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa make it two games unbeaten with two draws but now have just twelve wins in their last fifty six League games losing twenty seven. Villa however climb off the bottom of the table, three points off safety and three points off the relegation play off place with thirteen games left to play.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 4 March 1987, Villa 0-0 Wimbledon, Villa Park.

Game #3954

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Paul Harrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rochdale, 1986–1995
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #39 |
League Match | #30 |
Manager Game | #32 |
Wednesday, 4 March 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Dave Beasant | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Nigel Winterburn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Andy Thorn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Gayle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Wise | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Lawrie Sanchez | 🇬🇧 |
M Vinnie Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M Glyn Hodges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CF Andy Sayer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Fashanu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Dennis Wise | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CB Roger Joseph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wimbledon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Wimbledon

🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Impeding

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa make it three games unbeaten with three draws but now have just twelve wins in their last fifty seven League games losing twenty seven. Villa however remain second from bottom, three points off safety and three points off the relegation play off place with twelve games left to play.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 7 March 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park.

Game #3955

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Ireland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1986–1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Match | #31 |
Manager Game | #33 |
Saturday, 7 March 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Tony Daley | 44' |

Assist(s) | Warren Aspinall | 44' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M David Norton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 63' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Martin Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
LB Kenny Wharton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John Anderson | 🇮🇪 |
RB Neil McDonald | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Albert Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Stephenson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David McCreery | 🇬🇧 |
CF Tony Cunningham | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ |
CF Joe Allon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Beardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Joe Allon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Darren Jackson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Villa contrive to lose to bottom side Newcastle as David Norton errs in the offside trap to gift the hosts the lead before a Tony Daley spectacular levels the score. Peter Beardsley scores a second half goal to leave Villa winless in ten, 21st and two points off safety with eleven games left to play.
Villa lose for the first time in four matches under Billy McNeill but now have just twelve wins in their last fifty eight League games having lost twenty eight.
Tony Daley makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (65 Appearances) to make it W14 D21 L30, 7 Goals and 5 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 21 March 1987, Villa 0-5 Southampton, The Dell.

Game #3956

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Ron Groves | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Isle of Wight, 1984–1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #34 |
Saturday, 21 March 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Phil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Starting XI

GK Peter Shilton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gerry Forrest | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kevin Bond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Glenn Cockerill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M David Armstrong | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Case | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Matthew Le Tissier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gordon Hobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Danny Wallace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Colin Clarke | 🇬🇧 | (M Steve Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the second successive match as they are hammered by 16th place side Southampton. As a result, Villa now have just twelve wins in their last fifty nine League games losing twenty nine. Villa remain bottom of the table, three points off safety and three points off the relegation play off place with ten games left to play. Meanwhile, Phil Robinson made his Villa debut aged 20 after joining from school football in June 1983.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 25 March 1987, Villa 1-1 Watford, Villa Park.

Game #3957

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Alan Flood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Stockport, 1986–1995
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #42 |
League Match | #33 |
Manager Game | #35 |
Wednesday, 25 March 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hunt | 81' |

Assist(s) | Simon Stainrod | 81' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Tony Coton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB David Bardsley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Nigel Gibbs | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB John McClelland | 🇬🇧 |
LB Wilf Rostron | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gary Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Mark Falco | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Luther Blissett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W John Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa stop a run of two successive defeats as they draw with Graham Taylor's Watford. As a result, Villa now have just twelve wins in their last sixty League games losing twenty nine. Villa remain bottom of the table, four points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with nine games left to play.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 30 March 1987, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park.

Game #3958

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Burge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Tonypandy, 1986–1999
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Match | #34 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Saturday, 28 March 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Paul Birch | 61' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 61' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 58' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Steve Ogrizović | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Brian Kilcline | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Trevor Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Brian Borrows | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tony Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Nicky Pickering | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Lloyd McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W David Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Keith Houchen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Cyrille Regis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Tony Dobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Micky Gynn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa win for the first time in fifteen games. As a result, Villa now have thirteen wins in their last sixty one League games losing twenty nine. Villa however remain bottom of the table, five points off safety and five points off the relegation play off place with eight games left to play.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 4 April 1987, Villa 0-0 Manchester City, Villa Park.

Game #3959

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #44 |
League Match | #35 |
Manager Game | #37 |
Saturday, 4 April 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 56' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

GK Perry Suckling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ian Brightwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mick McCarthy | 🇮🇪 |
CB Kenny Clements | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Clive Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Langley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Neil McNab | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Paul Stewart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W David White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Imre Váradi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Paul Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City
🔁 | 56' Sub off, Steve Hunt, Sub on, Simon Stainrod
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa make it two games unbeaten as they draw with second from bottom Manchester City. As a result, Villa now have thirteen wins in their last sixty two League games losing twenty nine. Villa remain bottom of the table, six points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with seven games left to play.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 11 April 1987, Villa 1-1 Leicester, Filbert Street.

Game #3960

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: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #45 |
League Match | #36 |
Manager Game | #38 |
Saturday, 11 April 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 62' |

Assist(s) | Warren Aspinall | 62' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 33' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Paul Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Kevin Jobling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

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 bottom of the table, seven points off safety and five points off the relegation play off place with six games left to play.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 18 April 1987, Villa 0-1 Everton, Villa Park.

Game #3961

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: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the first time in four games and now have thirteen wins in their last sixty four League games losing thirty. Villa however climb off the bottom of the table, leapfrogging Manchester City, but remain seven points off safety and six points off the relegation play off place with five games left to play. Meanwhile, Mark Burke made his Villa debut aged 18 after joining from school football in June 1985.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟥 20 April 1987, Villa 0-3 Charlton, Selhurst Park.

Game #3962

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-3
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #47 |
League Match | #38 |
Manager Game | #40 |
Monday, 20 April 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

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 Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

Not recorded

Starting XI

GK Bob Bolder | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Mark Reid | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
D John Humphrey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Miller | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Shirtliff | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Mark Stuart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Andy Peake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Walsh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Ralph Milne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Garth Crooks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | CF Jim Melrose | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (M Rob Lee | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa lose for the second successive game and now have just thirteen wins in their last sixty five League games losing thirty one. Villa remain second from bottom, ahead of only Manchester City, and are now remain none points off safety and seven points off the relegation play off place with four games left to play and a total of twelve points available.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟩 25 April 1987, Villa 4-0 West Ham, Villa Park.

Game #3963

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: John Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Wrexham, 1985-1996
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Steve Hunt | 15' | Warren Aspinall | 35' | 56' | Simon Stainrod | 58' |

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 15' | 56' | 58' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |

Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill's Villa record their best win of the season at home to mid-table West Ham and now have fourteen wins in their last sixty six League games losing thirty one. Villa however remain second from bottom of the table, ahead of Manchester City, but have now closed the gap to six points off safety and four points off the relegation play off place with three games left to play and nine points still available.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

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

Game #3964

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: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

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

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Warren Aspinall | 24' |

Assist(s) | Steve Hunt | 24' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

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

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

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.

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

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

Game #3965

Manager: Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bellshill, 1986-1987
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥

Season | 1986-87 |
Matchday | #50 |
League Match | #41 |
Manager Game | #43 |
Monday, 4 May 1987

Full Match Report

Scorer(s) | Phil Robinson | 51' |

Assist(s) | None

Match Timeline

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Phil Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | for CB Paul Elliott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46' |

Unused Substitutes

None

Starting XI

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Substitutes

🔁 | M Sigurdur Jónsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Mark Chamberlain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Match Timeline

On This Day

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. As a result 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 his post after just forty two games having won just three in thirty one 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." Because of 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 as League and European Cup winning defender Gary Williams made his final appearance for Villa aged 26 before moving on to Leeds United in July 1987 for a fee of £250,000. Williams had played for Villa between 1978-79 and 1986-87 making 301 appearances and scoring twice. Also leaving would be centre back Paul Elliott who made his final appearance for Villa 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 played for Villa in 1985-86 and 1986-87 making 68 appearances and scoring 7 times. And goalkeeper Kevin Poole who made his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Middlesbrough in August 1987 for a fee of £50,000. Poole played for Villa between 1984-85 and 1986-87 making 33 appearances.

AVFC History Celebrating 150 Years

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Manager #16

1986-87 🕒 43 | 🟩 10 | 🟨 15 | 🟥 18 | 1.05 | #16

Career Summary

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Career Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Competition Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

FA Cup finishes

League Cup finishes

European finishes

League Tier Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Home & Away Performance

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Seasons Quick-View

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Career Milestones

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Personal Profile

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Playing Career

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Previous Coaching & Managerial Roles

Trophies Won

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Joined Villa

Appointed Manager

Villa Managerial Debut

Notable Players

Supported by

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Served under

Villa Honours

Final Villa Managerial Game

Left Managerial Position

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

Subsequent Coaching & Managerial Roles

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 25 Games

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 50 Games

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 75 Games

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

After 100 Games

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Home Performance Comparison

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Away Performance Comparison

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Match List

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-1987

Matches

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 24 September 1986, Villa 1-1 Reading, Elm Park.

Game #3923

Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 11' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Match Timeline

On This Day

Billy McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1986-87 |

🟨 27 September 1986, Villa 3-3 Liverpool, Anfield.

Game #3924

Scorer(s) | Steve Hodge | 4' | Garry Thompson | 34' | Allan Evans (pen) | 59' |

Match Timeline

Starting XI

Substitutes

Unused Substitutes

Starting XI