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Game #3991

Wednesday, 18 November 1987

Attendance: 25,302

Lost

League Cup 4th Round

4th Round

Sheffield Wednesday

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

Villa Park

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 should, if a better referee than George Courtney was in charge, wouldn’t have been on the pitch.

Aston Villa

1-2

Sheffield Wednesday

Assist(s) | Bernie Gallacher | 32' |

KEY MAN

RELATED MATCHES

MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 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

ON THIS DAY

Graham Taylor's Villa lose in the League Cup to first division side Sheffield Wednesday. Meanwhile, Andy Blair made his final appearance for Villa aged 27 before moving on to Kidderminster Harriers in 1989. Blair played for Villa in two spells between 1981-82 and 1987-88 making 68 appearances and scoring 2 goals

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Previous 5 vs. Wednesday: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #25 |
Manager Game | #25 |
Wednesday, 18 November 1987

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: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: George Courtney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Spennymoor, 1974-1992
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 13 September, Villa 0-6 Forest, City Ground.
Cards: 🟥 🟨

CARDS

Villa

None

Sheffield Wednesday

🟥 🟨

TEAM NEWS

Garry Thompson replaces Mark Walters.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.38 |

Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30.40 |

Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.19 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Howard Wilkinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

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 | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |

SUBSTITUTES

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

SUBSTITUTES

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

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Not Recorded

SQUAD STATS

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

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

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

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES