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Game #3991

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 18 November 1987

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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

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Sheffield Wednesday

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Assist(s) | Bernie Gallacher | 32' |

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

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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

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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.

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

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

🔴 M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 1981-84 | 🕒 69 | 54 (15) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 19 | 🇺 21 | #615 |

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Aston Villa

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

Sheffield Wednesday

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1934–35

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Sheffield Wednesday

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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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

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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: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 25 | 🟩 | 12 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.72

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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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: 🟥 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

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🟥 🟨

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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 |

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1987-1990

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CF Garry Thompson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Tony Galvin | 🇮🇪 | (RB Carl Bradshaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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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

Squad Bios

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

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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