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Game #3979

Saturday, 3 October 1987

Attendance: 10,515

Won

Division Two

8th (+1)

Plymouth Argyle

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Home Park

An Alan McInally inspired Villa take the lead after just 70 seconds and never lose control as they climb to eighth in the table with their strongest win of the season to date.

Plymouth Argyle

1-3

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 2' |

KEY MAN

Alan McInally inspires Villa to their fourth win in seven unbeaten games with victory at Home Park, Saturday, 3 October 1987.

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Alan McInally, 70 Seconds
⚽ | 9’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Lillis
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 2-1, (Plymouth Argyle), Mark Smith
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 3-1, Mark Walters
🕒 | HT Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Aston Villa
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Alan McInally, Sub on, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa make it seven games unbeaten and win their fourth in six.

Aston Villa

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

Plymouth Argyle

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #13 |
League Match | #12 |
Manager Game | #13 |
Saturday, 3 October 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1980-1994
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 28 December 1985, Villa 1-1 Albion, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Plymouth Argyle

None

TEAM NEWS

Steve Hunt replaces David Hunt.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.14 |

Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 31.18 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.07 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Dave Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

Plymouth Argyle

GK Geoff Crudgington (ex) | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Jason Rowbotham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔁 |
D Leigh Cooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Nicky Law | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mark Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M John Matthews | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M John Brimacombe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Hodges | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Kevin Summerfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF John Clayton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Stewart Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 75' |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | LB Jason Rowbotham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | (W Doug Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

CB Andy Morrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

"It may be two or three games yet before we start seeing the best of McInally, when he is fully match fit but what we have seen so far is very encouraging."

Graham Taylor.