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Game #3987

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 3 November 1987

Shrewsbury Town

1-2

Aston Villa

Division Two

Shrewsbury Town

Gay Meadow

Attendance: 7,089

Won

2nd (+2)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

Assist(s) | Paul Birch | 7' | Andy Blair | 50' |

MATCH SUMMARY

Despite a poor refereeing performance and being reduced to ten men, Villa climb to second in the second division table after equalling their best post war unbeaten run of fifteen games.

KEY MAN

Warren Aspinall, hit the winner for Villa as they equalled their post war unbeaten record of fifteen games and climbed to second in the table, Tuesday, 3 November 1987.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 3 November 1987

⚽ | 7’ Goal, 1-0, Martin Keown, Assist by Paul Birch
🥅 | 19’ Goal, 1-1 (Shrewsbury Town), Dave Leworthy
🟥 | 29’ Sending off, Mark Walters, Reckless tackle
🕒 | HT Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 2-1, Warren Aspinall, Assist by Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, Martin Keown, Illegal tackle

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa make it fifteen games unbeaten as they record their tenth win in fourteen.

Aston Villa

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

Shrewsbury Town

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa Vs.

Shrewsbury Town

Previous 5 vs. Shrewsbury: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

PREVIOUS MATCH

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Match | #18 |
Manager Game | #21 |
Tuesday, 3 November 1987

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 21 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 7 🟥 3 | 1.90

Villa Career Form:

Top 4

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Brian Stevens | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Gloucester, 1976-1991 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 14 February 1987, Villa 1-2, Luton, Kenilworth.
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

🟥 🟨

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🟨

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TEAM NEWS

Mark Walters and Andy Blair replace David Hunt and Mark Burke.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.92 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.36 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.15 |

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Martin Keown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Paul Birch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟥 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Ian McNeill | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

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Shrewsbury Town

GK Steve Perks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Richard Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB David Moyes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB David Linighan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Brian Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jon Narbett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tim Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Gary Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Bernard McNally | 🇬🇧 |
F Dave Leworthy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Colin Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Gary Leonard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (W Mike Brown | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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W Mark Burke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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LB Andy Crane | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

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

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

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

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Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

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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

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

MATCH QUOTES

"I would like everyone to see the video. ”It will show I didn't touch him. I was not retaliating or anything like that." Mark Walters. “The referee is always right. "He will be subject to club discipline whether he feels the sending off was unjust or not. "Nothing can be gained by disagreeing with the referee's decision. It seems that no sooner is one problem solved here than we create two. "No ref sends off a player unless it was a sending-off offence. I have to believe that or I would pack the game in." Graham Taylor.

MATCH REPORT

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