Game #3975
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 September 1987
Won
11th (+5)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 6,884
Huddersfield Town
Leeds Road
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.
Huddersfield Town
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 19' |
KEY MAN
Steve Hunt, the bad boy against Barnsley returns to win Villa successive games as they climb to 11th, Saturday, 19 September 1987.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 September 1987
⚽ | 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
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa win successive games for the first time and make it three Division Two wins in nine as Neale Cooper makes his final appearance aged 23 before moving on to Rangers in the summer of 1988 for a fee of £250,000. Villa had bought Cooper 14 months earlier for £350,000 from Aberdeen. Cooper played for Villa in 1986-87 and 1987-88 making 15 appearances and scoring once.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Huddersfield Town
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1925-26
FIXTURE HISTORY
Huddersfield Town
Previous 5 vs. Huddersfield: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Match | #9 |
Manager Game | #9 |
Saturday, 19 September 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1983–1991
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 9 | 🟩 | 3 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 1.33
Career Form:
Mid Table
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jim Ashworth | 🏴 | Rutland, 1983–1991
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: None
Jim Ashworth
CARDS
Villa
None
Huddersfield Town
None
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 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Jimmy Robson | 🏴 |
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 | 🏴 |
Huddersfield Town
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 | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M David Hunt | 🏴 | for CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Simon Trevitt | 🏴 | (W Dave Cowling | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Peter Ward | 🏴 |
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
🔴 CB Neale Cooper | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"A good result but there is still a lot which is not right."
Graham Taylor.
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