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Game #3979

Aston Villa

Saturday, 3 October 1987

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Won

8th (+1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Division Two

Plymouth Argyle

Home Park

Attendance: 10,515

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

Plymouth Argyle

1-3

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Aston Villa

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🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 October 1987

⚽ | 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

Match Statistics

Not recorded

Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 October 1987
  • 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.

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

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Aston Villa

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

Plymouth Argyle

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

FIXTURE HISTORY
Plymouth Argyle
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Previous 5 vs. Plymouth: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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

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🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

MATCH SUMMARY
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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: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager
MANAGERIAL RECORD
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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

🕒 13 | 🟩 | 5 🟨 | 5 🟥 3 | 1.54

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Howard King | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Merthyr Tydfil, 1982-1993

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS
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None

CARDS
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None

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS

Steve Hunt replaces David Hunt.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.14 |

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

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

Referee

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Dave Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

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Substitutes

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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CB Andy Morrison | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 13/13

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD
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MATCHDAY SQUAD
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🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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Not Recorded

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LEAGUE TABLE
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Tables & Programmes
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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MATCH 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.
Quotes

🟩 3 Oct 1987, Villa 3-1 Plymouth, Home Park

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MATCH REPORTS

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