Game #3974
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 16 September 1987
Won
16th (+3)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 22,072
West Bromwich Albion
The Hawthorns
West Brom
0-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 90' |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa secure their second win of the season as they make light work of Albion at the Hawthorns to climb to 16th in the second division after eight games thanks to a brace from Warren Aspinall.
KEY MAN
Warren Aspinall, scored a brace to secure Villa's second win of the season as Albion are beaten at the Hawthorns, Wednesday, 16 September 1987.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 16 September 1987
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT West Bromwich Albion 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 2-0, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Mark Walters
🕒 | FT West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Bernie Gallacher, Foul
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa win for only the second time in eight second tier games as an Aspinall double sees off Albion.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
West Bromwich Albion
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68
FIXTURE HISTORY
West Bromwich Albion
Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Wednesday, 16 September 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keren Barratt | 🏴 | Coventry, 1981–1994
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 8 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 1.13
Villa Career Form:
Bottom 8
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keren Barratt | 🏴 | Coventry, 1981–1994
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Keren Barratt
CARDS
Villa
🟨
West Bromwich Albion
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Warren Aspinall replaces Malcolm Allen.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.14 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.02 |
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
West Bromwich Albion
GK Stuart Naylor | 🏴 |
LB Barry Cowdrill | 🏴 |
CB Martyn Bennett | 🏴 |
M Carlton Palmer | 🏴 |
M Darren Bradley (ex) | 🏴 |
M Robert Hopkins (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Martin Singleton | 🏴 |
W Tony Morley (ex) | 🏴 |
F George Reilly | 🏴 |
CF Don Goodman | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Andy Gray (ex) | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Don Goodman | 🏴 | (CF Bobby Williamson | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Martin Dickinson | 🏴 |
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
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
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