Game #3980
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 7 October 1987
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
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 | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🟨 | 🟥 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes:
🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | for M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 50' |
Unused Substitutes:
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
🟥 Alan McInally
🟨 Alan McInally, Foul
🟨 Alan McInally, Dissent
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.15 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.19 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.08 |
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa make it eight games unbeaten and win their fifth in seven in all competitions as Paul Birch's 🏴 goal settles the League Cup tie with Boro.
For the second successive game Villa ⚽ score within 80 seconds of the start but Alan McInally 🏴 is 🟥 sent off by a tetchy referee in the first half for refusing to give his name following a booking for a disputed foul.
Villa though hold on for the win to progress to the third round of the League Cup.
Centre forward Alan McInally 🏴 is 🟥 sent off on his 🕒 3rd appearance in a Villa shirt.
Midfielder Warren Aspinall 🏴 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Won
1-0
🟩 7 Oct 1987, Villa 1-0 Boro, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Paul Birch | 2' |
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 2' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0 Paul Birch, Assist by Kevin Gage, 80 Seconds
🟨 | 23' Booking, Alan McInally, Foul
🟨 | 23' Booking, Alan McInally, Dissent
🟥 | 23' Sending off, Alan McInally, Two bookable offences
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
🔁 | 50' Sub off, Warren Aspinall, Sub on Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Middlesbrough
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #14 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Wednesday, 7 October 1987
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴 | London, 1982-1993
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 1-0 (2-0)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
Referee: Tony Ward | 🏴 | London, 1982-1993
Previous 5 vs. Middlesbrough: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 14 | 🟩 | 6 🟨 | 5 🟥 3 | 1.64
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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League Cup
Middlesbrough
Villa Park
Attendance: 11,702
GK Stephen Pears | 🏴 |
RB Gary Parkinson | 🏴 |
CB Dean Glover (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
CB Gary Pallister | 🏴 |
CB Tony Mowbray | 🏴 |
LB Colin Cooper | 🏴 |
M Gary Hamilton | 🏴 |
M Paul Kerr (ex) | 🏴 |
W Stuart Ripley | 🏴 |
CF Bernie Slaven | 🇮🇪 |
Bruce Rioch (ex) | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | CB Alan Kernaghan | 🇮🇪 | (RB Brian Laws | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
M Gary Gill | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
“The referee was going to caution him and he refused to give him his name. It has taken me by surprise. I have never seen Mclnally like this.
"The referee was totally right.
“There is no defence for McInally whatsoever.
“He is letting himself down and the game.
"Now we are going to lose him for two matches in a fortnight's time Just as we were getting some kind of blend."
Graham Taylor.
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