Game #3992
Aston Villa
Saturday, 28 November 1987
Won
3rd (+1)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Division Two
Attendance: 15,006
Bradford City
Valley Parade
Villa beat leaders Bradford to climb back to third in the division two table after 21 games.
Bradford City
2-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Alan McInally | 45' | Warren Aspinall | 47' | Garry Thompson | 58' |
KEY MAN
Stuart Gray, scored a brace on debut to beat leaders Bradford and climb to third place in division two, Saturday, 28 November 1987.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 28 November 1987
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Stuart Gray, Andy Gray
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 1-0, Stuart Gray
🥅 | 44’ Goal, 1-1, (Bradford City, pen), Ron Futcher
⚽ | 45’ Goal, 2-1, Paul Birch, Assist by Alan McInally
🕒 | HT Bradford City 1-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 47’ Goal, 3-1, Garry Thompson, Assist by Warren Aspinall
🥅 | 56’ Goal, 3-2, (Bradford City, pen), Ron Futcher
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 4-2, Stuart Gray, Assist by Garry Thompson
🕒 | FT Bradford City 2-4 Aston Villa
🟨 | Booking, Steve Sims, Barging
🟨 | Booking, Warren Aspinall, Illegal tackle
🟨 | Booking, Andy Gray, Shirt tugging
ON THIS DAY
Graham Taylor's Villa have now lost just once in fifteen Division Two games, winning nine as Andy Gray and Stuart Gray make their debuts. Andy Gray made his Villa debut aged 23 after arriving from Crystal Palace earlier this month for a fee of £150,000.
Midfielder Stuart Gray made his debut - scoring twice - aged 27 after joining from Barnsley earlier this month for a fee of £175,000.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Bradford City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1910-11
FIXTURE HISTORY
Bradford City
Previous 5 vs. Bradford: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1987-88 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #21 |
Manager Game | #26 |
Saturday, 28 November 1987
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Graham Taylor | 🏴 | Worksop, 1987-1990
Referee: John Penrose | 🏴 | Hull, 1987-1989
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 26 | 🟩 | 13 🟨 | 7 🟥 6 | 1.77
Career Form:
Top 6
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: John Penrose | 🏴 | Hull, 1987-1989
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
John Penrose
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨 🟨
Bradford City
None
TEAM NEWS
Graham Taylor hands debuts to new signings Andy Gray and Stuart Gray in place of Mark Lillis and Andy Blair.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.01 |
Oldest Player |
CB Steve Sims | 🏴 | 30.43 |
Youngest Player |
M Warren Aspinall | 🏴 | 20.22 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Graham Taylor | 🏴 |
Terry Dolan | 🏴 |
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 Gray | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🟨 |
M Stuart Gray | 🏴 | 🟢 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Alan McInally | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Garry Thompson | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
Bradford City
GK Paul Tomlinson | 🏴 |
RB Brian Mitchell | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Gavin Oliver | 🏴 |
CB David Evans (ex) | 🏴 |
CB Lee Sinnott | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
M Stuart McCall | 🏴 |
M Leigh Palin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Ron Futcher | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | ⚽ |
CF John Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Ian Ormondroyd (ex) | 🏴 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Brian Mitchell | 🏴 | (F Mark Leonard | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Leigh Palin | 🏴 | (M Greg Abbott | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
CB Allan Evans | 🏴 |
M Mark Lillis | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
None
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 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/13
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
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
🟢 M Andy Gray | 🏴 |
🟢 M Stuart Gray | 🏴 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
"We took the risk of a beating.
”I thought ‘let’s give it a go.’
“We did that at Watford [when Taylor was Watford manager] and had our bottom smacked by five a few times. But it makes for a hell of a game.”
Graham Taylor.
“Two of the best three [goals] of my life.”
Stuart Gray.
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