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Game #3985

Aston Villa

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Wednesday, 28 October 1987

3rd Round

Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ

GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Martin Keown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
CB Steve Sims | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
M Warren Aspinall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โšฝ | ๐ŸŸจ |
M David Hunt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Mark Lillis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ”ฅ |
W Mark Walters | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CF Alan McInally | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | โšฝ |

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990
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Substitutes

No Substitutions Made

Unused Substitutes

M Andy Blair | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
F Gary Shaw | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ Warren Aspinall, Timewasting (4)

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: ๐Ÿ†
UEFA Cup / Europa League: โŒ
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: โŒ
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Matchday Squad

Unavailable

Not recorded

Team News

Graham Taylor names an unchanged line up.

Team Stats

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.96 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 30.34 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 20.14 |

Debut Appearances

None

Final Appearances

None

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Won

2-1

๐ŸŸฉ 28 Oct 1987, Villa 2-1 Spurs, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | Alan McInally | 8' | Warren Aspinall | 78' |

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

Match Timeline

โšฝ | 8โ€™ Goal, 1-0, Alan McInally, Assist by Martin Keown
๐Ÿ•’ | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
๐Ÿฅ… | 64โ€™ Goal, 1-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Osvaldo Ardiles
โšฝ | 78โ€™ Goal, 2-1, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Mark Lillis
๐Ÿ•’ | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

๐ŸŸจ | Booking, Warren Aspinall, Timewasting

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

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Match Record
Game Record

Manager: Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Ian Hemley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Ampthill, 1987โ€“1994
HT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 1-0
FT Result: ๐ŸŸฉ Won
FT Score: ๐ŸŸฉ 2-1
Last 5: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸจ ๐ŸŸฉ

Officials

Referee: Ian Hemley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Ampthill, 1987โ€“1994

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: ๐ŸŸฉ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ ๐ŸŸฅ

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Head to Head

Total ๐Ÿ•’ 103 | ๐ŸŸฉ 35 | ๐ŸŸจ 19 | ๐ŸŸฅ 49 | โšฝ 155 | ๐Ÿฅ… 188 |
League ๐Ÿ•’ 90 | ๐ŸŸฉ 31 | ๐ŸŸจ 18 | ๐ŸŸฅ 41 | โšฝ 143 | ๐Ÿฅ… 167 |
FA Cup ๐Ÿ•’ 9 | ๐ŸŸฉ 3 | ๐ŸŸจ 0 | ๐ŸŸฅ 6 | โšฝ 7 | ๐Ÿฅ… 12 |
League Cup ๐Ÿ•’ 3 | ๐ŸŸฉ 1 | ๐ŸŸจ 0 | ๐ŸŸฅ 2 | โšฝ 3 | ๐Ÿฅ… 7 |
Other ๐Ÿ•’ 1 | ๐ŸŸฉ 0 | ๐ŸŸจ 1 | ๐ŸŸฅ 0 | โšฝ 2 | ๐Ÿฅ… 2 |
Home ๐Ÿ•’ 49 | ๐ŸŸฉ 18 | ๐ŸŸจ 11 | ๐ŸŸฅ 20 | โšฝ 74 | ๐Ÿฅ… 78 |
Away ๐Ÿ•’ 52 | ๐ŸŸฉ 17 | ๐ŸŸจ 7 | ๐ŸŸฅ 28 | โšฝ 79 | ๐Ÿฅ… 106 |
Neutral ๐Ÿ•’ 2 | ๐ŸŸฉ 0 | ๐ŸŸจ 1 | ๐ŸŸฅ 1 | โšฝ 2 | ๐Ÿฅ… 4 |

Match Stats

Not recorded

Graham Taylor | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 1987-1990

๐Ÿ•’ 19 | ๐ŸŸฉ | 9 ๐ŸŸจ | 7 ๐ŸŸฅ 3 | 1.79

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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League Cup

Tottenham Hotspur

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Villa Park

Attendance: 29,114

GK Tony Parks | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
RB Gary Stevens | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Mitchell Thomas | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Chris Fairclough | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Gary Mabbutt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Vinny Samways | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐Ÿ” |
M Paul Allen | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Ossie Ardiles | ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท | โšฝ |
M Johnny Metgod | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ | ๐Ÿ” |
M Nico Claesen | ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช |
CF Clive Allen | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Trevor Hartley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Caretaker
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Substitutes

๐Ÿ” | M Vinny Samways | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (F Paul Moran | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐Ÿ” | M Johnny Metgod | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ | (CB Chris Hughton | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช |)

Unused Substitutes

None

Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)

๐ŸŸจ

Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)

None

Opposition Trophy Record

European Cup / Champions League: โŒ
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ๐Ÿ†
League Champions: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
FA Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
League Cup Winners: ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†
Last Trophy: 1983-84

Opposition Matchday Squad

Opposition Unavailable

Not Recorded

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Starting XI
GK Nigel Spink | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

193

โœ…

192*

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

1

๐ŸŸฉ

67

๐ŸŸจ

57

๐ŸŸฅ

69

โ›”

54

๐Ÿฅ…

265

LB Bernie Gallacher | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

20

โœ…

20

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

9

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

4

CB Martin Keown | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

61

โœ…

60

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

2

๐ŸŸฉ

17

๐ŸŸจ

20

๐ŸŸฅ

24

CB Steve Sims | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

19

โœ…

19

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

9

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

3

RB Kevin Gage | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

19

โœ…

19

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

4

๐ŸŸฉ

9

๐ŸŸจ

7

๐ŸŸฅ

3

M Warren Aspinall | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

30

โœ…

28

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

11

2

๐ŸŸฉ

9

๐ŸŸจ

11

๐ŸŸฅ

10

M Paul Birch | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

146

โœ…

137

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

16

16

๐ŸŸฉ

50

๐ŸŸจ

40

๐ŸŸฅ

56

M Mark Lillis | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

15

โœ…

15

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

1

๐ŸŸฉ

9

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

1

M David Hunt | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

13

โœ…

12

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

0

0

๐ŸŸฉ

5

๐ŸŸจ

5

๐ŸŸฅ

3

W Mark Walters | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

216

โœ…

198

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

48

35

๐ŸŸฉ

82

๐ŸŸจ

53

๐ŸŸฅ

81

CF Alan McInally | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
๐Ÿ•’

7

โœ…

7

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

3

๐ŸŸฉ

4

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Substitutes
None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

GK Sub

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

โ›”

๐Ÿฅ…

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 1

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 2

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 3

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 4

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

None
๐Ÿ•’

๐Ÿ”

โšฝ
๐Ÿ”ฅ

Sub 5

๐ŸŸฉ

๐ŸŸจ

๐ŸŸฅ

Match Media
On This Day
  • Villa beat top flight Spurs ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ in a rousing League Cup third round performance at Villa Park.

  • Graham Taylor's ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Villa make it thirteen games unbeaten as they record their eighth win in twelve. Villa's latest scalp is Tottenham ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ who sit in eighth place in Division One.

  • Centre forward Alan McInally ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ scores his โšฝ first goal in a Villa shirt on his ๐Ÿ•’ 7th appearance.

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