Game #3958

Aston Villa

Saturday, 28 March 1987

Won

19th (+2)

Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩

Division One

Coventry City

Villa Park

Attendance: 18,689

Aston Villa

1-0

Coventry City

Scorer(s) | Paul Birch | 61' |

Assist(s) | Andy Gray | 61' |

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

MANAGER

George Curtis (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Coventry City

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

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

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

ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 28 March 1987

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.

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