Game #3983
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 21 October 1987
Won
5th (+2)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 12,755
Crystal Palace
Villa Park
Villa take a second minute lead for the third time in five games as Palace are destroyed by a Mark Walters hat-trick to send Villa 5th in the second division table.
Aston Villa
4-1
Crystal Palace
Assist(s) | Kevin Gage | 74' |
KEY MAN
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MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 21 October 1987
🟨 | 1’ Booking, Warren Aspinall, 48 Seconds
⚽ | 2’ Goal, 1-0, Mark Walters
💥 | 26’ Missed Penalty, Warren Aspinall
⚽ | 26’ Goal, 2-0, Mark Walters
🥅 | 28’ Goal, 2-1, (Crystal Palace), Ian Wright
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace
⚽ | 74’ Goal, Steve Hunt, Assist by Kevin Gage
⚽ | 88’ Goal, Mark Walters (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Crystal Palace
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa make it eleven games unbeaten as they hammer Palace at Villa Park to record their seventh win in ten. Meanwhile, Steve Hunt made his final appearance for Villa aged 31 before retiring from football. Hunt had played for Villa in two spells between 1974-75 and 1987-88 making 71 appearances and scoring 8 goals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Crystal Palace
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Crystal Palace
Previous 5 vs. Palace: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Match | #15 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Wednesday, 21 October 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Trevor Simpson | 🏴 | Halifax, 1984–1991
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 6 🟥 3 | 1.76
Career Form:
Top 6
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Trevor Simpson | 🏴 | Halifax, 1984–1991
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Trevor Simpson
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Crystal Palace
🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
David Hunt replaces Alan McInally.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.54 |
Oldest Player |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | 31.23 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.12 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Steve Coppell | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M David Hunt | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
W Steve Hunt | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Crystal Palace
GK George Wood | 🏴 |
CB Ken O'Doherty | 🇮🇪 |
M Mark Hone | 🏴 |
M Andy Gray | 🏴 |
CB Gavin Nebbeling | 🇿🇦 |
CB Jim Cannon | 🏴 |
M Neil Redfearn | 🏴 |
M Geoff Thomas | 🏴 |
W John Salako | 🏴 |
CF Mark Bright | 🏴 |
CF Ian Wright | 🏴 | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
M Phil Barber | 🏴 |
M Gary Stebbing | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 W Steve Hunt | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"Mark [Walters] has a lot of skill and he showed It again tonight.
"I can see many similarities between him and John Barnes.
“I believe that Mark could perform the same job for us that Barnes is doing for Liverpool.
"I taught John from an early age at Watford and I would be glad to help Mark.
“Mark Is already responding to teaching.
"Like Barnes, he can become a really outstanding player."
Graham Taylor.
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