Game #3955
Aston Villa
Saturday, 7 March 1987
Lost
21st (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥
Division One
Newcastle United
St James' Park
Attendance: 21,224
Newcastle United
2-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Warren Aspinall | 44' |
MANAGER
Billy McNeill | 🏴 | 1986-1987
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Willie McFaul | 🇬🇧 |
Newcastle United
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 Simon Stainrod | 🏴 | for M David Norton | 🏴 | 63' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Joe Allon | 🏴 | (F Darren Jackson | 🏴 |)
🟥 7 March 1987, Villa 1-2 Newcastle, St James' Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 7 March 1987
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.
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