Game #3982
Aston Villa

Saturday, 17 October 1987
7th (-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 Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

Substitutes:
🔁 | F Gary Shaw | 🏴 | for M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 79' |
Unused Substitutes:
M David Hunt | 🏴 |
None
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Graham Taylor names the same line up for the fourth successive game.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.18 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.22 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.11 |
Villa become the first club to score 6,000 goals in League football
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa make it ten games unbeaten as they draw with Bournemouth at Villa Park.
Villa fail to win at home for the seventh game as Nigel Spink 🏴 suffers a problematic day.
Winger Mark Walters 🏴 ⚽ scores to contribute his 80th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 213th appearance (195 Starts) and make it 🟩 W80 🟨 D52 🟥 L81, ⚽ 45 Goals & 🔥 35 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement for every 2.66 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Drew
1-1
🟨 17 Oct 1987, Villa 1-1 Bournemouth, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Mark Walters | 10' |
Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 10' |
Match Timeline:
⚽ | 10’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 AFC Bournemouth
🥅 | 46’ Goal, 1-1, (AFC Bournemouth), Trevor Aylott
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-1 AFC Bournemouth
🔁 | Sub off, Warren Aspinall, Sub on, Gary Shaw
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #16 |
League Match | #14 |
Manager Game | #16 |
Saturday, 17 October 1987

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: David Scott | 🏴 | Burnley, 1982-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
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Referee: David Scott | 🏴 | Burnley, 1982-1989
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 16 | 🟩 | 7 🟨 | 6 🟥 3 | 1.69
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division Two
AFC Bournemouth

Villa Park
Attendance: 15,145
GK Gerry Peyton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Mark Newson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
D Tony Pulis | 🏴 |
CB John Williams | 🏴 |
CB Mark Whitlock | 🏴 |
LB Paul Morrell | 🏴 |
M Mark O'Connor | 🇮🇪 |
W Sean O'Driscoll | 🇮🇪 |
W Richard Cooke | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Dave Shearer | 🏴 |
CF Trevor Aylott | 🏴 | ⚽ |
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
🔁 | RB Mark Newson | 🏴 | (RB Tom Heffernan | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Richard Cooke | 🏴 | (M Shaun Brooks | 🏴 |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded


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