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Game #3975

Aston Villa

3-3-3, 12 PTS

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Saturday, 19 September 1987

11th (+5)

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

🔁 | M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Unused Substitutes

W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

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

Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.15 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.03 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

🔴 CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1987 🕒 22 | ✅ 21 🔁 (1) | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 | #639 |

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Won

1-0

🟩 19 Sep 1987, Villa 1-0 Huddersfield, Leeds Road
Scorer(s) | Steve Hunt | 19' |

Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 19' |

Match Timeline

⚽ | 19’ Goal, 1-0, Steve Hunt, Assist by Kevin Gage
🕒 | HT Huddersfield Town 0-1 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Huddersfield Town 0-1 Aston Villa

🔁 | Sub off, Neale Cooper, Sub on, David Hunt

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 19 September 1987

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rutland, 1987–1990
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩

Officials

Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rutland, 1987–1990

Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨

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Head to Head

Total 🕒 69 | 🟩 W31 (45% ) | 🟨 D18 | 🇺(71% ) | 🟥 L20 (29% ) | ⚽ 115 | 🥅 85 | GD 30

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 9 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 1.33

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png

Division Two

Huddersfield Town

0-4-3, 4 PTS

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Leeds Road

Attendance: 6,884

GK Brian Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB David Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ian Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Gordon Tucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Simon Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Ian Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Barham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F David Cork | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Duncan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Jimmy Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
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Substitutes

🔁 | RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Dave Cowling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Unused Substitutes

M Peter Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

None

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26

Opposition Matchday Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Brian Cox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Defenders
CB Ian Bray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Gordon Tucker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Simon Webster | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Full Backs
LB David Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Midfielders
M Ian Banks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Andy May | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Wingers
W Mark Barham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Dave Cowling | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Forwards
F David Cork | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Duncan Shearer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

🟩 12 Apr 2025, Villa 3-0 Southampton, St Mary's TBL.png
On This Day
  • Villa record successive 🟩 wins for the first time this season and the first time under Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to climb to 11th in the second division table thanks to a 19' strike from bad boy against Barnsley, Steve Hunt.

  • Graham Taylor's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa make it 🟩 three Division Two wins in nine.

  • Neale Cooper 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 23 makes his 🕒 22nd & final appearance (21 Starts) before moving on to Rangers in the summer of 1988 for a fee of £250,000. Villa had bought Cooper only 14 months earlier for £350,000 from Aberdeen and he would leave with a record of 🟩 W3 🟨 D10 🟥 L9, ⚽ 1 Goal and🔥 0 Assists.

  • Winger Steve Hunt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (71 Starts).

Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

183

182*

🔥

0

1

🟩

61

🟨

53

🟥

69

51

🥅

258

RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

1

1

🟩

3

🟨

3

🟥

3

CB Neale Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

22

21

🔥

1

0

🟩

3

🟨

10

🟥

9

CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

51

50

🔥

0

1

🟩

11

🟨

16

🟥

24

CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

9

9

🔥

0

0

🟩

3

🟨

3

🟥

3

LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
🕒

10

10

🔥

0

0

🟩

3

🟨

3

🟥

4

M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

136

127

🔥

15

16

🟩

44

🟨

36

🟥

56

M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

5

5

🔥

1

0

🟩

3

🟨

1

🟥

1

M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

20

18

🔥

6

2

🟩

3

🟨

7

🟥

10

W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

75

71

🔥

8

6

🟩

20

🟨

23

🟥

32

W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

206

188

🔥

42

35

🟩

76

🟨

49

🟥

81

Substitutes
🕒

🔁

🔥

GK Sub

🟩

🟨

🟥

🥅

M David Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒

7

🔁

1

🔥

0

0

Sub 1

🟩

2

🟨

2

🟥

3

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 2

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 3

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 4

🟩

🟨

🟥

🕒

🔁

🔥

Sub 5

🟩

🟨

🟥

Match Media
What they Said

"A good result but there is still a lot which is not right."

Graham Taylor.

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