Game #3976
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 23 September 1987
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
League Cup
Attendance: 11,424
Middlesbrough
Ayresome Park
Villa make it three successive wins in all competitions as they beat Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park in the first leg of the League Cup second round.
Middlesbrough
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Warren Aspinall, scored his third in three games as Villa record three consecutive victories with a League Cup win at Boro, Wednesday, 23 September 1987.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 23 September 1987
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall
🕒 | HT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
💥 | 89’ Missed penalty, (Middlesbrough), Gary Hamilton
🕒 | FT Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Mark Walters, Persistent fouling
🟨 | Booking, David Hunt, Foul
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Time wasting
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa win for the third successive game and for the third consecutive away game as they add a victory in the League Cup to two League wins.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Middlesbrough
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Middlesbrough
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #10 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Wednesday, 23 September 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 10 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 1.50
Career Form:
Top 8
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Colin Trussell | 🏴 | Blundell Sands, 1985–1993
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 6 December 1986, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Hillsborough 🆘
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Colin Trussell
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Middlesbrough
None
TEAM NEWS
David Hunt replaces Neale Cooper.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.46 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.16 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.04 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M David Hunt | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Middlesbrough
GK Stephen Pears | 🏴 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |
CF Archie Stephens | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Archie Stephens | 🏴 | (CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CF Simon Stainrod | 🏴 |
W Mark Burke | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Paul Proudlock | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
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
“The big problem now is that our next two games are at Villa Park.
“We will have to play with passion and desire to get the results we want.”
Graham Taylor.
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