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Villa Matches Refereed by

David Axcell

🟩 1 January 1990, Villa 3-0 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.

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David Axcell

Scorer(s) | Kevin Gage | 34' | Tony Daley | 47' | David Platt | 67' |

Assist(s) | Ian Olney | 47' | Gordon Cowans | 67' |

Game #4091

Division One

2nd (-)

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩

Villa Cards

None

Chelsea

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
Matches Officiated: 5
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 December 1986, Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge 🆘
Cards: 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
CB Derek Mountfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M David Platt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Ian Olney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Chelsea 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Kent Nielsen, Sub on, Chris Price
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 2-0, Tony Daley, Assist by Ian Olney
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 3-0, David Platt, Assist by Gordon Cowans
🕒 | FT Chelsea 0-3 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 RB Chris Price | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Kent Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 46' |

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

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David Axcell

Scorer(s) | Paul Elliott | 88' |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3944

Division One

18th (-1)

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: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨

Chelsea

None

Referee Record

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 4
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 18 November 1986, League Cup, Villa 1-2 Southampton, The Dell 🆘
Cards: 🟨

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 8’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea, pen), Nigel Spackman
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Kerry Dixon
🕒 | HT Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea), Colin Pates
🥅 | 83’ Goal, 0-4, (Chelsea), Kerry Dixon
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 1-4, Paul Elliott
🕒 | FT Chelsea 4-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Paul Birch, Sub on, Tony Daley

🟨 | Booking, Steve Hunt, Foul

Substitutes

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

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

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David Axcell

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

Assist(s) | None

Game #3936

League Cup

4th Round

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: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Villa Cards

🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Southampton

🟥 🟨

Referee Record

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993 🆘
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 5 October 1985, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury.
Cards: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

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 aiming a kick at 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

Substitutes

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

🟥 5 October 1985, Villa 2-3 Arsenal, Highbury.

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David Axcell

Scorer(s) | Simon Stainrod | 5' | Mark Walters | 70' |

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 5' |

Game #3872

Division One

13th (-1)

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

Villa Cards

🟨 🟨

Arsenal

🟨

Referee Record

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
Matches Officiated: 2
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Tottenham, White Hart Lane.
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Darren Bradley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve Hodge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Arsenal), Tony Woodcock
⚽ | 5’ Goal, 1-1, Simon Stainrod, Assist by Mark Walters
🥅 | 18' Goal, 1-2, (Arsenal), Viv Anderson
🕒 | HT Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 70' Goal, 2-2, Mark Walters
🥅 | 86' Goal, 2-3, (Arsenal), Chris Whyte
🕒 | FT Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Steve Hodge, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Gary Williams, Dissent

Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

🟥 23 March 1983, Villa 0-2 Spurs, White Hart Lane.

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David Axcell

Scorer(s) | None |

Assist(s) | None

Game #3749

Division One

4th (-)

Manager: Tony Barton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Surrey, 1982-1984
Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Villa Cards

None

Tottenham Hotspur

None

Referee Record

Referee: David Axcell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Southend, 1981-1993
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None

Starting XI

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Match Timeline

🥅 | 35’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Mark Falco
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 80' Sub off, Gary Shaw, Sub on, Tony Morley
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 0-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Mark Falco
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Aston Villa

Substitutes

🔁 | W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 80' |

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