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Game #3974

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 16 September 1987

16th (+3)

Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990
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Substitutes:

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes:

CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨 Bernie Gallacher, Foul

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad:

Not recorded

Warren Aspinall replaces Malcolm Allen.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.02 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.14 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.02 |

  • 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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa 🟩 win for only the second time in eight second tier games.

  • Centre back Martin Keown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 50th appearance in a Villa shirt.

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Won

2-0

🟩 16 Sep 1987, Villa 2-0 Albion, Hawthorns
Scorer(s) | Warren Aspinall | 14' | 90' |

Assist(s) | Mark Walters | 90' |

Match Timeline:

⚽ | 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

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #8 |
League Match | #8 |
Manager Game | #8 |
Wednesday, 16 September 1987

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Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keren Barratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Coventry, 1987–1993
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩

Referee: Keren Barratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Coventry, 1987–1993

Previous 5 vs. Albion: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨

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Not recorded

Debut Appearances:

None

Final Appearances:

None

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 8 | 🟩 | 2 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 1.13

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

Referee:

Referee: Keren Barratt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Coventry, 1987–1993
🕒 1 | 🟩 1 | 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 1 | 🟩 100% | 🟨 0% | 🟥 0% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟨 1 | 🟥 0 | 1.00 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 |
Last 5: 🟩

VAR (from 2021)

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
182
🟩
60
🟨
2
181*
🟨
53
🟥
0
0
🟥
69
1
🥅
50
258
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
8
🟩
2
🟨
0
8
🟨
3
🟥
0
1
🟥
3
0
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
21
🟩
2
🟨
5
20
🟨
10
🟥
0
1
🟥
9
0
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
50
🟩
10
🟨
1
49
🟨
16
🟥
1
0
🟥
24
1
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
8
🟩
2
🟨
0
8
🟨
3
🟥
0
0
🟥
3
0
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
135
🟩
43
🟨
3
126
🟨
36
🟥
0
15
🟥
56
16
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
19
🟩
2
🟨
2
17
🟨
7
🟥
0
6
🟥
10
2
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
205
🟩
75
🟨
16
187
🟨
49
🟥
0
42
🟥
81
35
Sub 2
Games
Results
Cards
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🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 4
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
9
🟩
2
🟨
1
9
🟨
3
🟥
0
0
🟥
4
0
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
4
🟩
2
🟨
0
4
🟨
1
🟥
0
1
🟥
1
0
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔥
74
🟩
19
🟨
9
70
🟨
23
🟥
1
7
🟥
32
6
Sub 1
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 3
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile
Sub 5
Games
Results
Cards
🕒
🔁
🔥
🟩
🟨
🟨
🟥
🟥
Player Profile

Division Two

West Bromwich Albion

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The Hawthorns

Attendance: 22,072

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) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Ron Atkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (ft)
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Substitutes:

🔁 | CF Don Goodman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Bobby Williamson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes:

CB Martin Dickinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

🟨

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1967-68

Matchday Squad:

Not Recorded

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