Game #3971
Aston Villa
Saturday, 5 September 1987
16th (+4)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
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 | 🏴 | 🟢 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Malcolm Allen and Mark Lillis make their debuts in place of Simon Stainrod and Warren Aspinall.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.89 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.11 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 | 18.57 |
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.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa 🟩 win for the first time in the second tier, and first time in five.
Midfielder Mark Lillis 🏴 27 makes a ⚽ goalscoring debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Derby County 🏴 for £130,000 to become the 649th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Centre forward Malcolm Allen 🏴 20 makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining on loan from Graham Taylor's 🏴 previous club Watford earlier this month to become the 648th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Won
2-0
🟩 5 Sep 1987, Villa 2-0 Leicester, Filbert Street
Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 39' | Mark Lillis | 62' |
Assist(s) | Nigel Spink | 39' |
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 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
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #5 |
League Match | #5 |
Manager Game | #5 |
Saturday, 5 September 1987
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1987
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩
Referee: Colin Downey | 🏴 | Hounslow, 1977-1987
Previous 5 vs. Leicester: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴 | #648 | Loan signing from Waford
🟢 M Mark Lillis | 🏴 | #649 | £130,000 signing from Derby
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 5 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 2 | 1.00
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Leicester City
Filbert Street
Attendance: 10,286
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 | 🏴 |
Bryan Hamilton | 🇬🇧 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | CB Mark Venus | 🏴 | (M Martin Russell | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | M Gary McAllister | 🏴 | (CB Phil Horner | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1963-64
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
"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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