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Game #3969

Aston Villa

Saturday, 29 August 1987

Lost

22nd (-3)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

Division Two

Attendance: 8,315

Hull City

Boothferry Park

Hull City

2-1

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | None

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa old boy Pat Heard scores the opening goal for Hull from the spot, whilst future Villa midfielder sets up the tigers winners as Villa slump to 22nd in the 23 team second division.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 29 August 1987

🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Hull City, pen), Pat Heard
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 1-1, Warren Aspinall (pen)
🕒 | HT Hull City 1-1 Aston Villa
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 1-2, (Hull City), Alex Dyer
🔁 | 72' Sub off, Tony Daley, Sub on, Mark Burke
🕒 | FT Hull City 2-1 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Simon Stainrod, Challenge on ‘keeper

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa find life in the second tier a real struggle as they record two defeats and no wins in the first three games of the season.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Hull City

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Hull City

Previous 5 vs. Hull: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Match | #3 |
Manager Game | #3 |
Saturday, 29 August 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Tom Fitzharris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1981–1993
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟥

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 3 | 🟩 | 0 🟨 | 1 🟥 2 | 0.33

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Fitzharris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Bolton, 1981–1993
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 27 October 1984, Villa 0-5 Leicester, Filbert Street.
Cards: 🟨

Tom Fitzharris

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Hull City

None

TEAM NEWS

Tony Daley and David Hunt replaces Steve Hunt and Paul Birch.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.37 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.18 |

Youngest Player |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.88 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |

MANAGER

Brian Horton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Hull City

GK Tony Norman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Charlie Palmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Jobson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Peter Skipper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Pat Heard (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Ray Daniel | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Billy Askew | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gareth Roberts | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Alex Dyer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Frankie Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Tony Daley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 72' |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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RB Neil Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Saville | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"You don't need to be an expert to see what the problem is.

”All we have managed in three games is an own goal and a penalty. We are Just not hurting teams enough in the penalty area."

Graham Taylor.

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