Game #3973
Aston Villa
1-3-3, 6 PTS

Saturday, 12 September 1987
19th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Substitutes
🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | for CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴 |
Unused Substitutes
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
🟨 Steve Hunt, dissent (8)
🟨 Steve Hunt, Late tackle (9)
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 Steve Hunt (1)
Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Neale Cooper and Paul Birch replace Mark Burke and David Hunt.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.06 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.13 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 20.49 |
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None

Drew
0-0
🟨 12 Sep 1987, Villa 0-0 Barnsley, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline
🟨 | 3’ Booking, Steve Hunt, dissent
🟨 | 10’ Booking, Steve Hunt, Late tackle
🟥 | 10’ Sending off, Steve Hunt, Two bookable offences
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Barnsley
🔁 | Sub off, Malcolm Allen, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Barnsley
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 12 September 1987

Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1987–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Officials
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1987–1995
Match Stats
Not recorded
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 7 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 0.86
Villa Career Form:
Relegation

Division Two
Barnsley
4-2-1, 14 PTS

Villa Park
Attendance: 12,621
GK Clive Baker | 🏴 |
RB Joe Joyce | 🏴 |
CB Paul Futcher | 🏴 |
D Paul Cross | 🏴 |
LB Mick Clarke | 🏴 |
M Gwyn Thomas | 🏴 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
M Steve Agnew | 🏴 |
M Steve Lowndes | 🏴 |
F John MacDonald | 🏴 |
CF Rodger Wylde | 🏴 |
Allan Clarke | 🏴 |

Substitutes
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes
LB John Beresford | 🏴 |
CB Simon Jeffels | 🏴 |
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
🟥 Steve Hunt (1)
Opposition Trophy Record
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded

On This Day
Villa have a headless Steve Hunt 🏴 🟨 booked twice and 🟥 sent off within ten minutes necessitating a backs to the wall performance against a second placed Barnsley and could have even snatched all three points with ten on the pitch.
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa now have 🟩 one win in their first seven second tier games as an automatic return to the first division looks a long way off.
Starting XI
Substitutes
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Sub 2
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Sub 3
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Sub 4
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Sub 5
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Match Media
What they Said
"Aston Villa need this kind of thing at the moment like a hole in the head.
"Steve showed dissent to the referee and you can't expect to get away with that.
”I thought we should have had a penalty but Steve's action was irresponsible and reduced us to 10 men."
Graham Taylor.