Game #3978
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 30 September 1987
9th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
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 Mark Walters | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes:
🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 75' |
Unused Substitutes:
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
🟨 Martin Keown, Foul
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Graham Taylor hands Alan McInally his debut in place of Malcolm Allen.
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.89 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.27 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.06 |
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa make it six games unbeaten - 🟨 drawing three and 🟩 winning three.
Alan McInally 🏴 makes his much anticipated debut after six weeks out with injury since signing from Celtic 🏴 but Villa fail to 🟩 win at home for the sixth time this season as they climb a place to ninth in the second division table.
Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴 24 makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his move from Celtic 🏴 in July 1987 for a fee of £225,000 to become the 650th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴 after a slow start to his Villa career ⚽ scores his 8th goal in a Villa shirt to make it 10 goal involvements on his 🕒 23rd appearance at a rate of one every 2.30 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Drew
1-1
🟨 30 Sep 1987, Villa 1-1 Blackburn, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Warren Aspinall | 6' |
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🟢 | 1' Debut, Alan McInally
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 1-0, Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 1-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Simon Barker
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Foul
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #12 |
League Match | #11 |
Manager Game | #12 |
Wednesday, 30 September 1987
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Unknown
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨
Referee: Unknown
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
🟢 CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | #650 | £225,000 signing from Celtic
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 12 | 🟩 | 4 🟨 | 5 🟥 3 | 1.42
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
Blackburn Rovers
Villa Park
Attendance: 11,772
GK Terry Gennoe | 🏴 |
RB Chris Price | 🏴 |
CB Colin Hendry | 🏴 |
CB Ally Dawson | 🏴 |
LB Chris Sulley | 🏴 |
M Simon Barker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Scott Sellars | 🏴 |
M Ian Miller | 🏴 |
M Nicky Reid | 🏴 |
CF Sean Curry | 🏴 |
CF Simon Garner | 🏴 |
Don Mackay | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
No Substitutions Made
Unused Substitutes:
CB David Mail | 🏴 |
M Alan Ainscow | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
"The supporters helped make it a special evening for me and I'm only sorry I couldn't respond with a goal."
Alan McInally.
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