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Game #3985

Wednesday, 28 October 1987

Attendance: 29,114

Won

League Cup 3rd Round

3rd Round

Tottenham Hotspur

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

Villa Park

Villa beat top flight Spurs in a rousing League Cup third round performance at Villa Park.

Aston Villa

2-1

Tottenham Hotspur

Assist(s) | Martin Keown | 8' | Mark Lillis | 78' |

KEY MAN

PREVIOUS MATCH

NEXT MATCH

MATCH TIMELINE

⚽ | 8’ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Martin Keown
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Osvaldo Ardiles
⚽ | 78’ Goal, 2-1, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Mark Lillis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

🟨 | Booking, Warren Aspinall, Timewasting

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa make it thirteen games unbeaten as they record their eighth win in twelve. Villa's latest scalp is Tottenham who sit in eighth place in Division One.

Aston Villa

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

Tottenham Hotspur

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1983-84

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Wednesday, 28 October 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ian Hemley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ampthill, 1985–1996
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Ian Hemley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ampthill, 1985–1996
Previous 5: 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 24 October 1987, Villa 0-0 Stoke, Victoria Ground.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

CARDS

Villa

🟨

Tottenham Hotspur

🟨

Ian Hemley

TEAM NEWS

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.96 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.34 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.14 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Trevor Hartley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Caretaker

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 Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |

Tottenham Hotspur

GK Tony Parks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Mitchell Thomas | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Fairclough | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Mabbutt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Vinny Samways | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Paul Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ossie Ardiles | 🇦🇷 | ⚽ |
M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
M Nico Claesen | 🇧🇪 |
CF Clive Allen | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Vinny Samways | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (F Paul Moran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Johnny Metgod | 🇳🇱 | (CB Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/13

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