Game #3972
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 8 September 1987
Lost
18th (-2)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
Division Two
Attendance: 12,665
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-1
Middlesbrough
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa follow their first win of the campaign with defeat to old Villa boy Bruce Rioch's Boro side who win courtesy of a second half strike from another former Villan, Paul Kerr. Villa sit 18th in the second division after 6 games.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 8 September 1987
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, David Hunt, Sub on, Neale Cooper
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Mark Burke, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Middlesbrough), Paul Kerr
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa now have one win in their first six second tier games as an automatic return to the first division looks a long way off.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Middlesbrough
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #6 |
League Match | #6 |
Manager Game | #6 |
Tuesday, 8 September 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 6 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 2 🟥 3 | 0.83
Villa Career Form:
Relegation
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Warrington, 1976-1995
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 January 1987, FA Cup, Villa 1-2 Chelsea, Stamford Bridge.
Cards: None
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
None
Middlesbrough
None
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up for the first time.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.90 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.12 |
Youngest Player |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 | 18.58 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴 |
Middlesbrough
GK Stephen Pears | 🏴 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |
CF Archie Stephens | 🏴 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 | for M David Hunt | 🏴 | 46' |
🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | for W Mark Burke | 🏴 | 72' |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |
M Gary Gill | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
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
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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