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Game #3973

Aston Villa

1-3-3, 6 PTS

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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
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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

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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

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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

Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 11 | 🟩 W8 (73% ) | 🟨 D3 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 26 | 🥅 5 | GD 21

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 7 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 0.86

Villa Career Form:

Relegation

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Division Two

Barnsley

4-2-1, 14 PTS

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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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

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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
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

181

180*

🔥

0

1

🟩

59

🟨

53

🟥

69

49

🥅

258

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

3

🟥

3

CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

20

19

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

10

🟥

9

CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

49

48

🔥

0

1

🟩

9

🟨

16

🟥

24

CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

7

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

3

🟥

3

LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

8

8

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

3

🟥

4

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

134

125

🔥

15

16

🟩

42

🟨

36

🟥

56

M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

1

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

1

W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

73

69

🔥

7

6

🟩

18

🟨

23

🟥

32

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

204

186

🔥

42

34

🟩

74

🟨

49

🟥

81

F Malcolm Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
🕒

3

3

🔥

0

0

🟩

1

🟨

1

🟥

1

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

18

🔁

2

🔥

4

2

Sub 1

🟩

1

🟨

7

🟥

10

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

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.

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