Game #3971
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 September 1987
Won
16th (+4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 10,286
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Villa secure their first win of the season as want-away winger Mark Walters runs Leicester ragged and debut boy Mark Lillis lobs the 'keeper to take three points from Filbert Street and climb to 16th in the second division table.
Leicester City
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Nigel Spink | 39' |
KEY MAN
Mark Lillis, scored a lob on debut to secure Villa's first win of the season, Saturday, 5 September 1987.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 5 September 1987
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Mark Lillis, Malcolm Allen
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Nigel Spink
🕒 | HT Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0 Mark Lillis
🕒 | FT Leicester City 0-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa win for the first time in the second tier, and first time in five as midfielder Mark Lillis, 27, made a goalscoring debut after joining from Derby County for £130,000. Meanwhile, forward Malcolm Allen, 20, also made his debut after joining on loan from Taylor's previous club Watford earlier this month.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Leicester City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
FIXTURE HISTORY
Leicester City
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 5 September 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 2 | 1.00
Career Form:
Relegation
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1988
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 4 January 1986, FA Cup, Villa 2-2 Portsmouth, Fratton Park.
Cards: None
Colin Downey
CARDS
Villa
None
Leicester City
None
TEAM NEWS
Malcolm Allen and Mark Lillis make their debuts in place of Simon Stainrod and Warren Aspinall.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.89 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.11 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 | 18.57 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 🔥 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
M David Hunt | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴 | 🟢 |
Leicester City
GK Ian Andrews | 🏴 |
CB Russell Osman | 🏴 |
CB Simon Morgan | 🏴 |
CB Mark Venus | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Steve Walsh | 🏴 |
M Paul Ramsey | 🇬🇧 |
M Robbie James | 🏴 |
M Gary McAllister | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ian Wilson | 🏴 |
W Gary Ford | 🏴 |
F Steve Moran | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Mark Venus | 🏴 | (M Martin Russell | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Gary McAllister | 🏴 | (CB Phil Horner | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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
🟢 M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
🟢 CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"I can't comment on the reasons because whet happened is between Andy Gray and Notts County.
"I understood that the arrangement would become permanent but it was obviously not to be.
"Gray is now back with us and if the time comes when it is right to play him in the first team, then I will select him."
Graham Taylor.
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