Game #3967
Aston Villa
Saturday, 15 August 1987
Ipswich Town
1-1
Aston Villa
Division Two
Ipswich Town
Portman Road
Attendance: 14,580
Drew
🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Kevin Gage, forced the first goal but Villa were pegged back.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 15 August 1987
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Steve Sims, Kevin Gage, David Hunt
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Chris O’Donnell
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-1, (Ipswich Town), Nigel Gleghorn
🕒 | HT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Ipswich Town 1-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Late tackle
🟨 | Booking, Neale Cooper, Ungentlemanly conduct
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor took change of Villa for the first time, after leaving First Division Watford - a team he had taken to ninth in the top flight the previous season - to take over freshly relegated and poorly resourced Villa.
Taylor embarked on a major restructure of the club to remedy the multiple poor decisions on and off the pitch since Chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis took over the club after the European Cup triumph in 1982.
Right back Kevin Gage made his Villa debut aged 23 after moving from Wimbledon in July 1987 for a fee of £110,000.
Central defender Steve Sims made his Villa debut aged 30 after joining from Watford in June 1987 for a fee of £50,000.
Midfielder David Hunt made his debut for Villa aged 28 after moving from Notts County in June 1987.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Ipswich Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1980-81
FIXTURE DETAILS
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #1 |
League Match | #1 |
Manager Game | #1 |
Saturday, 15 August 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
FT Result | Drew |
FT Score | 1-1 |
Last 5 Games | WLLLD |
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 1 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 1 🟥 0 | 1.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Ray Lewis | 🏴 | Surrey, 1975-1993
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 5
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 21 February 1987, Villa 2-2, Liverpool, Villa Park.
Cards: 🟨 🟨
This game signified the first day of the reimplementation in English football's of the continental style card system. Originally used from 1976 to 1981, the use of coloured cards had been suspended by the FA, international pressure however led them to be reintroduced ahead of the 1987-88 season. Cautions and sending offs had continued unaffected during the period but once again coloured cards were to be shown on field.
TEAM NEWS
New boss Graham Taylor hands debuts to Kevin Gage, Steve Sims and David Hunt.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.78 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.14 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 19.93 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 🟢 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M David Hunt | 🏴 | 🟢 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
MANAGER
John Duncan | 🏴 |
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
Ipswich Town
GK John Hallworth | 🏴 |
RB Frank Yallop | 🇨🇦 |
D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Ian Cranson | 🏴 |
LB Graham Harbey | 🏴 |
M Mark Brennan | 🏴 |
M Romeo Zondervan | 🇳🇱 |
M Nigel Gleghorn | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Jason Dozzell | 🏴 |
F Neil Woods | 🏴 |
F David Lowe | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | D Chris O'Donnell | 🏴 | (M Mick Stockwell | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
![2509-2.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
M Simon Milton | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_96a57f1d2d7a47c2b98d9218b9892ca5~mv2.gif)
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
![Villa.gif](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9be7fa_7bea51f0ed524458acf988be73c2f5da~mv2.gif)
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
🟢 CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
🟢 M David Hunt | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
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*Birmingham Weekly Mercury*
Sunday, 16 August 1987
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