Game #3991
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 18 November 1987


Lost
4th Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
League Cup
Sheffield Wednesday
Villa Park
Attendance: 25,302
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-2

Sheffield Wednesday

Assist(s) | Bernie Gallacher | 32' |
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 18 November 1987
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 0-1, (Sheffield Wednesday), Lee Chapman
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by Bernie Gallacher
🟥 | 37’ Sending off, (Sheffield Wednesday), Gary Megson
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
🥅 | 72’ Goal, (Sheffield Wednesday), Colin West
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Garry Thompson, Sub on, Allan Evans
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Match Statistics
Not recorded
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 18 November 1987
Graham Taylor's 🏴 Villa lose in the League Cup to first division side Sheffield Wednesday.
Thuggish first division Wednesday see the ever angry Gary Merson sent off for either his high dangerous kick at Paul Birch 🏴 or his forearm in the face of Mark Lillis 🏴 before Tony Galvin’s elbow on Andy Blair 🏴.
The ten men though score a late winner created by Galvin, who wouldn’t, if a better referee than George Courtney was in charge, have been on the pitch.
Full back Kevin Gage 🏴 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Central defender Steve Sims 🏴 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt.
Midfielder Andy Blair 🏴 27 makes his 🕒 69th & final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Kidderminster Harriers in 1989. Blair played for Villa in two spells between 1981-82 and 1987-88 and finally left with a record of 🟩 W31 🟨 D13 🟥 L25, ⚽ 2 Goals and 🔥 10 Assists.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Sheffield Wednesday


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Wednesday, 18 November 1987
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🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: George Courtney | 🏴 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 25 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.72
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Courtney | 🏴 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992
Matches Officiated: 8
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 7
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 13 September, Villa 0-6 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟥 🟨
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Garry Thompson replaces Mark Walters.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.38 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.40 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.19 |
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 | 1987-1990

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 | 🏴 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Howard Wilkinson | 🏴 |

Sheffield Wednesday
GK Martin Hodge | 🏴 |
RB Mel Sterland | 🏴 |
CB Greg Fee | 🏴 |
D Lawrie Madden | 🏴 |
LB Nigel Worthington | 🇬🇧 |
M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 | 🔁 |
M Gary Owen | 🏴 |
M Mark Chamberlain | 🏴 |
M Gary Megson | 🏴 | 🟥 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Colin West | 🏴 | ⚽ |
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | for CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | 77' |
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 | (RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴 |)
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Gary Shaw | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 | | 422 | 8 | 60 | 13 | 168 | 111 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 |
UNUSED
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/13
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/12
🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟥 18 Nov 1987, Villa 1-2 Wednesday, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
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