Game #3989
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 11 November 1987
1st Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
RB Kevin Gage | 🏴 |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Andy Blair | 🏴 |
M Paul Birch | 🏴 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴 |
F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 🟨 |
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
Substitutes:
🔁 | W Mark Burke | 🏴 | for CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 72' |
Unused Substitutes:
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 |
🟨 Mark Lillis, High tackle
🟨 Alan McInally, Dissent
🟨 Garry Thompson
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Matchday Squad:
Not recorded
Not recorded
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.09 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.38 |
Youngest Player |
LB Bernie Gallacher | 🏴 | 20.65 |
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa are hammered in the meaningless Simod Cup in front of a crowd so small it is barely worth recording.
Midfielder Paul Birch 🏴 makes his 🕒 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (141 Starts).
Midfielder Mark Burke 🏴 18 makes his 8th & final appearance in a Villa shirt (5 Starts) before moving on to Middlesbrough for £50,000 in December 1987. Burke left with a record of 🟩 W2 🟨 D2 🟥 L4, ⚽ 0 Goals and 🔥1 Assist.
Lost
0-5
🟥 11 Nov 1987, Villa 0-5 Bradford, Villa Park
Scorer(s) | None
Assist(s) | None
Match Timeline:
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 0-1, (Bradford City), Ron Futcher
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 0-2, (Bradford City), Ron Futcher
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 0-3, (Bradford City), Brian Mitchell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-3 Bradford City
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 0-4, (Bradford City), Ian Ormondroyd
🔁 | 72’ Sub off, Garry Thompson, Sub on, Mark Burke
🥅 | 77’ Goal, 0-5, (Bradford City), Steve O’Shaugnessy
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-5 Bradford City
🟨 | Booking, Mark Lillis, High tackle
🟨 | Booking, Alan McInally, Dissent
🟨 | Booking, Garry Thompson
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #23 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Wednesday, 11 November 1987
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1985-1996
HT Score: 🟥 0-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 0-5
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Referee: Keith Cooper | 🏴 | Pontypridd, 1985-1996
Previous 5 vs. Bradford: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
None
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
🕒 23 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 7 🟥 5 | 1.74
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Simod Cup
Bradford City
Villa Park
Attendance: 4,217
GK Paul Tomlinson | 🏴 |
RB Brian Mitchell | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CB Gavin Oliver | 🏴 |
CB David Evans (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Lee Sinnott | 🏴 |
M Stuart McCall | 🏴 |
M Greg Abbott | 🏴 |
M Leigh Palin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Mark Ellis | 🏴 |
F Mark Leonard | 🏴 |
CF Ron Futcher | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |🔁 |
Terry Dolan | 🏴 |
Substitutes:
🔁 | M Leigh Palin | 🏴 | (CF Ian Ormondroyd (ex) | 🏴 | ⚽ |)
🔁 | CF Ron Futcher | 🏴 | (M Steve O'Shaughnessy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |)
Unused Substitutes:
None
None
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
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