Game #3973
Aston Villa
Saturday, 12 September 1987
Drew
19th (-1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
Division Two
Attendance: 12,621
Barnsley
Villa Park
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.
Aston Villa
0-0
Barnsley
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 12 September 1987
🟨 | 3’ Booking, Steve Hunt, dissent
🟨 | 10’ Booking, Steve Hunt, Late tackle
🟥 | 10’ Sending off, Steve Hunt, Late tackle & dissent
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Barnsley
🔁 | Sub off, Malcolm Allen, Sub on, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-0 Barnsley
ON THIS DAY
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.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Barnsley
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1911-12
FIXTURE HISTORY
Barnsley
Previous 5 vs. Barnsley: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Match | #7 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Saturday, 12 September 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 7 | 🟩 | 1 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 0.86
Career Form:
Relegation
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Philip Don | 🏴 | Middlesex, 1986–1995
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨
Philip Don
CARDS
Villa
🟥 🟨 🟨
Barnsley
None
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 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Allan Clarke | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
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 | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Barnsley
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | for CF Malcolm Allen | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
LB John Beresford | 🏴 |
CB Simon Jeffels | 🏴 |
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
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
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"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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